Skip to main content

Fixing “Starting Scan” Freeze in Vibo Scanner on Windows 11

Updated over 2 months ago

Why it happens

Windows 11 22H2+ removes the WMIC command-line tool that Vibo Scanner calls before every scan. When WMIC is missing, the scanner waits forever and never moves past “Starting Scan.”

Best way to get scanning again:

Create the dummy file yourself

Steps:
1. Create a new text file.
2. Copy-Paste the code below

@echo off
setlocal

echo Creating C:\FakeWMIC...
mkdir C:\FakeWMIC 2>nul

echo Creating fake wmic.bat...
(
echo @echo off
echo echo Caption
echo echo C:
) > C:\FakeWMIC\wmic.bat

echo Adding C:\FakeWMIC to the top of PATH...
setx PATH "C:\FakeWMIC;%PATH%" /M

echo Done. Please REBOOT your system now.

pause


3. File → Save As…
* File name: setup_fake_wmic.bat
* Save as type: All Files
4. Right click on the file → Run as administrator
5. Wait till script run finishes
6. Restart Windows.

After the fix

  1. Launch Scanner.

  2. Start a scan - it should progress normally.

Did this answer your question?