WmiNetUtilsHelper exception if PublishTrimmed is true

[yangjieshao]

Library version

11.1.0.0

OS & OS version

Windows 11 22H2

Describe the bug

The type initializer for 'System.Management.WmiNetUtilsHelper' threw an exception.
System.TypeInitializationException
System.Management
Boolean IsNoContextMTA()
   at System.Management.MTAHelper.IsNoContextMTA()
   at System.Management.MTAHelper.CreateInMTA(Type)
   at System.Management.ManagementPath.CreateWbemPath(String)
   at System.Management.ManagementPath..ctor(String path)
   at System.Management.ManagementScope..ctor(String path)
   at System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher..ctor(String, String, EnumerationOptions)
   at Hardware.Info.Windows.HardwareInfoRetrieval.GetOs()
   at Hardware.Info.Windows.HardwareInfoRetrieval..ctor(Nullable`1 enumerationOptionsTimeout)
   at Hardware.Info.HardwareInfo..ctor(Boolean useAsteriskInWMI, Nullable`1 timeoutInWMI)

Publish setting:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
-->
<Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
    <PublishDir>bin\Release\net7.0\publish\win-x64\</PublishDir>
    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
    <_TargetId>Folder</_TargetId>
    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
    <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

if PublishTrimmed is true threw exception.
if PublishTrimmed is false , Program is ok

[Jinjinov]

Thank you for noticing this, I will look into it!

[Jinjinov]

This is a known problem: dotnet/core#7051 (comment)

Unfortunately the only solution I found suggests setting PublishTrimmed to false:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66919258/system-typeinitializationexception-the-type-initializer-for-system-management

I will look into it some more, but it seems quite complicated:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/native-interop/cominterop
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/native-interop/tutorial-comwrappers

[Jinjinov]

Unfortunately I couldn't find a solution.