ManagementObjectSearcher does not contain a definition for Get

I'm trying to get this simple piece of code to work.

 public void GetHDDSerial() { var hdd = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive WHERE Index = '0'") .Get() .Cast<ManagementObject>() .First(); MessageBox.Show(hdd["Model"].ToString()); } 

using System.Management is present, and I've also made a reference to the assembly (Visual Studio > Project > Add Reference > System.Management).

The error I'm getting is that the Get() method is not defined. Specifically:

Error CS1061 'ManagementObjectSearcher' does not contain a definition for 'Get' and no extension method 'Get' accepting a first argument of type 'ManagementObjectSearcher' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

How come? I thought that the getters and setters were predefined. Do I need to reference anything else?

EDIT: Going through the ManagementObjectSearcher, and listing all the methods that are actually there, I get these methods: ToString, Equals, GetHashCode, GetType.

EDIT #2: Going to the definition (F12, or right-clicking), I get this:

namespace myProgram { internal class ManagementObjectSearcher { private string v; public ManagementObjectSearcher(string v) { this.v = v; } } } 

.NET version is 4.6.01055, and I'm using Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise.

3 Answers

This code works for me and properly lists my primary drive. I added the following usings and added references to System.Management and System.Management.Instrumentation. Should be working for you to with .NET 4.6.1.

using System; using System.Linq; using System.Management; namespace ConsoleApp1 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { var hdd = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive WHERE Index = '0'") .Get() .Cast<ManagementObject>() .First(); Console.WriteLine(hdd["Model"].ToString()); Console.Read(); } } } 

sample output: "Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB"

Figured out what the issue was. I must've clicked and accepted one of the suggested fixes without realizing, which created an override. Apologies for wasting everyone's time.

Encountered the same issue while build a .NET library with .NET 4.7.2 Resolved the problem by installing the System.Management package via nuget