wmic is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

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ERROR: "wmic is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." when Nodeagent startup fails in Windows client machine
Description
While starting nodeagent from Windows OS, the startup fails with the following error message:

wmic is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.


wmic is the program, which will enable access to Windows Management Instrumentation console and nodeagent will require access to that program for getting CPU and Memory usage in the machine. Current issue will occur when wmi​c program is not present in the system PATH environment variable.

Solution
​To resolve this issue, do the following:

Open Command Prompt in the machine, where nodeagent has to be started.
Run the following command for adding folder containing wmic to PATH environment variable:
SET PATH=C:\Windows\System32\wbem\;%PATH%;
After setting the path variable using the command above, run the following command to confirm whether wmic is picked properly:
where wmic

The command above should return the following as output:
"C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe"
After confirming, navigate to the nodeagent folder, without closing the Command Prompt session.
Start the Nodeagent by using nodeagent.bat start command.