getVolumes() fails with status 4110

[btosimongillings]

I have a shiny app that uses shinyFiles. It works fine most of the time but I have a user running this on Windows 10 Pro (v 22H2) who is encounting an error which we have tracked down to the getVolumes() command, specifically the part that calls WMIC.exe. Here is a reproducible example, lifting the relevant commands from getVolumes():

wmic <- paste0(Sys.getenv("SystemRoot"), "\\System32\\Wbem\\WMIC.exe")
file.exists(wmic) #returns TRUE
volumes <- system(paste(wmic, "logicaldisk get Caption"), intern = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE)

Usually this runs fine but running this on the PC in question returns:
“Warning in system(paste(wmic, "logicaldisk get Caption"), intern = TRUE, :
running command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe logicaldisk get Caption' had status 4110
Warning in system(paste(wmic, "/FAILFAST:1000 logicaldisk get VolumeName"), :
running command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe /FAILFAST:1000 logicaldisk get VolumeName' had status 4110
Error in names(volumes) <- volNames :
'names' attribute [1] must be the same length as the vector [0]”

We have confirmed that Wbem is listed in the system path, and that WMIC.exe is present in that folder. Can you advise if we are doing something wrong and how to remedy?

thanks

[HaydenSchilling]

I also have this problem I think. Did you find a solution?

  running command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe logicaldisk get Caption' had status 4110
Warning in system(paste(wmic, "/FAILFAST:1000 logicaldisk get VolumeName"),  :
  running command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe /FAILFAST:1000 logicaldisk get VolumeName' had status 4110
Warning: Error in <-: 'names' attribute [1] must be the same length as the vector [0]

[btosimongillings]

Hi, no unfortunately not. Ultimately we avoided the issue by using a different computer.

I also have this problem I think. Did you find a solution?

  running command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe logicaldisk get Caption' had status 4110
Warning in system(paste(wmic, "/FAILFAST:1000 logicaldisk get VolumeName"),  :
  running command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe /FAILFAST:1000 logicaldisk get VolumeName' had status 4110
Warning: Error in <-: 'names' attribute [1] must be the same length as the vector [0]

[HaydenSchilling]

Thanks, I've confirmed it also works on another computer for me and I suspect it's also to do with my windows version (v 22H2). I will update if I discover a work-around but I'm not hopeful at this stage.

[HaydenSchilling]

It was determined that the root cause of my issue was a failure of the WMIC process in my computer (cause unknown). The "solution" was to format my computer and reimage it. This issue is no longer occurring with the same version of windows (v 22H2).