syntax error

Question

Hi all

i am executing the below syntax and i am getting below error. experts guide me

$name = "chrome.exe"  
$processHandle = (Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter "Name = '$name'").ProcessId  
$Threads = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Thread -Filter "ProcessHandle = $processHandle"  
$threads | Select-Object priority, thread*, User*Time, kernel*Time |  
Out-GridView -Title "The $name process has $($threads.count) threads"  

Get-CimInstance : Invalid query
At line:3 char:12

• $Threads = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Thread -Filter "ProcessHandle ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-CimInstance], CimException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80041017,Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimCmdlets.GetCimInstanceCommand

Answer 1

Hello

The columns returned by the WMI class are incomplete or unexpected. This error can indicate that the query returned a null value. Therefore the script can't continue / will throw the 0x80041017. It is possible that the Win32_Thread cannot be found or accessed on the server causing a null result.

In most cases, could be also due to an output with multiple objects (various handles) so the system can't assign the variable to one specifically, then it complains about the Invalid Query.

Please try to add a recursion on the result, such as:

$Threads = $processHandle | Foreach-Object{
Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Thread -Filter "ProcessHandle = $_"
}

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Answer 2

Hi @Glenn Maxwell ,

chrome.exe starts multiple processes. So $processHandle is an array with ProcessIDs .
This is the reason why line 3 gives you an error.

Please try this if it is helpful for you:

$name = "chrome.exe"  
$processHandles = (Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter "Name = '$name'").ProcessId  
foreach ($processHandle in $processHandles){  
$threads = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_Thread -Filter "ProcessHandle = $processHandle"  
$threads | Select-Object priority, thread*, User*Time, kernel*Time |  
 Out-GridView -Title "The $name process has $($threads.count) threads"}  

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten