import time import windows wmispace = windows.system.wmi["root\\cimv2"] print("WMI namespace is <{0}>".format(wmispace)) proc_class = wmispace.get_object("Win32_process") print("Process class is {0}".format(proc_class)) inparam_cls = proc_class.get_method("Create").inparam print("Method Create InParams is <{0}>".format(inparam_cls)) print("Method Create InParams properties are <{0}>".format(inparam_cls.properties)) print("Creating instance of inparam") inparam = inparam_cls() print("InParam instance is <{0}>".format(inparam)) print("Setting ") inparam["CommandLine"] = r"c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe" print("Executing method") # This API may change for something that better wraps cls/object/Parameters handling outparam = wmispace.exec_method(proc_class, "Create", inparam) print("OutParams is {0}".format(outparam)) print("Out params values are: {0}".format(outparam.properties)) target = windows.WinProcess(pid=int(outparam["ProcessId"])) print("Created process is {0}".format(target)) print("Waiting 1s") time.sleep(1) print("Killing the process") target.exit(0)