It's Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmi_start_page.asp

>this works - but why?
>What is winmgmts://localhost/root/cimv2
>I have no evidence that it is on the PC anywhere - I see no help in VFP, Win, nor IE ???
>
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FUNCTION KillAcrobat()
>>	loCIMV2		= GetObject("winmgmts://localhost/root/cimv2")
>>	loProcesses	= loCIMV2.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = 'Acrobat.exe'")
>>	IF loProcesses.Count > 0
>>		For Each objProcess in loProcesses
>>			objProcess.Terminate(0)
>>		NEXT
>>	ENDIF
>>
>>	RETURN
>>ENDFUNC
>>