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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Get-Item for files outputs PSObject instead of FileSystemInfo after Get-WmiObject","articleBody":"`Get-Item` normally outputs System.IO.FileInfo or System.IO.DirectoryInfo objects for the FileSystem provider.  After invoking `Get-WmiObject`, however, `Get-Item` outputs PSObject objects instead.  This causes binding to any command expecting one of the specific FileSystemInfo types to fail.\r\n\r\n# Steps to reproduce\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n(Get-Item .).GetType().Name\r\nGet-WmiObject bogus -ea si\r\n(Get-Item .).GetType().Name\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Expected behavior\r\n\r\n```none\r\nDirectoryInfo\r\nDirectoryInfo\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Actual behavior\r\n\r\n```none\r\nDirectoryInfo\r\nPSObject\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Environment data\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- provide the output of $PSVersionTable --\u003e\r\n\r\n```none\r\n\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      7.0.0-rc.2\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    7.0.0-rc.2\r\nOS                             Microsoft Windows 6.3.9600\r\nPlatform                       Win32NT\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/alx9r","@type":"Person","name":"alx9r"},"datePublished":"2020-03-04T22:22:07.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":19},"url":"https://github.com/12014/PowerShell/issues/12014"}