I have a little more info that may help:

I issued this from a VFP app I am running:

&& In case the COM's did not release properly, kill them.
lcComputer = '.'
loWMIService = Getobject('winmgmts:' ;
+ '{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\' + lcComputer + '\root\cimv2')
lcprocname="ITFCOMLEFT.EXE"
colProcessList = loWMIService.ExecQuery([Select * from Win32_Process where Name="]+lcProcName+["])
For Each loProcess In colProcessList
IF UPPER(loProcess.name) = lcprocname
loProcess.terminate()
endif
NEXT
lcprocname="ITFCOMRGHT.EXE"
colProcessList = loWMIService.ExecQuery([Select * from Win32_Process where Name="]+lcProcName+["])
For Each loProcess In colProcessList
IF UPPER(loProcess.name) = lcprocname
loProcess.terminate()
endif
NEXT

WAIT CLEAR

loWMIService=.NULL.
RELEASE loWMIService
RELEASE colProcessList=.NULL.
RELEASE colProcessList
RELEASE loProcess

VFP generates an error on the "colProcessList = loWMIService.ExecQuery([Select * from Win32_Process where Name="]+lcProcName+["])
" line of code.

colprocessList is an object (can't see what is in it), but it appears the loWMIService may not "understand" the ExecQuery command or something. loProcess does NOT become an object.

Perhaps the '\root\cimv2' is not good or something? I have no idea what '\root\cimv2' means.

John