diff --git a/pm3 b/pm3
index 27e992b11..0d3b9863a 100755
--- a/pm3
+++ b/pm3
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function get_pm3_list_Windows {
     # Need to look for this first,  the call to Win32_serialport "crashes" then native bt serial port.  Don't ask why.
     #BT direct SERIAL PORTS (COM)
     if $FINDBTRFCOMM; then
-        for DEV in $(powershell.exe -command "Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PnPEntity | Where-Object Caption -like 'Standard Serial over Bluetooth link (COM*' | Select Name" 2> /dev/null | awk 'match($0,/COM([0-9]+)/,m){print m[1]}'); do
+        for DEV in $(wmic /locale:ms_409 path Win32_PnPEntity Where "Caption LIKE '%Bluetooth%(COM%'" Get Name 2> /dev/null | awk -b 'match($0,/(COM[0-9]+)/,m){print m[1]}'); do
             DEV=${DEV/ */}
             PM3LIST+=("$DEV")
             if [ ${#PM3LIST[*]} -ge "$N" ]; then
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function get_pm3_list_Windows {
     fi
 
     # Normal SERIAL PORTS (COM)
-    for DEV in $(powershell.exe -command "Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_serialport | Where-Object PNPDeviceID -like '*VID_9AC4&PID_4B8F*' | Select DeviceID" 2>/dev/null | awk '/^COM/{print $1}'); do
+    for DEV in $(wmic /locale:ms_409 path Win32_SerialPort Where "PNPDeviceID LIKE '%VID_9AC4&PID_4B8F%'" Get DeviceID 2>/dev/null | awk -b '/^COM/{print $1}'); do
         DEV=${DEV/ */}
         PM3LIST+=("$DEV")
         if [ ${#PM3LIST[*]} -ge "$N" ]; then
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function get_pm3_list_Windows {
 
     #white BT dongle SERIAL PORTS (COM)
     if $FINDBTDONGLE; then
-        for DEV in $(powershell.exe -command "Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_serialport | Where-Object PNPDeviceID -like '*VID_10C4&PID_EA60*' | Select DeviceID" 2>/dev/null | awk '/^COM/{print $1}'); do
+        for DEV in $(wmic /locale:ms_409 path Win32_SerialPort Where "PNPDeviceID LIKE '%VID_10C4&PID_EA60%'" Get DeviceID 2>/dev/null | awk -b '/^COM/{print $1}'); do
             DEV=${DEV/ */}
             PM3LIST+=("$DEV")
             if [ ${#PM3LIST[*]} -ge "$N" ]; then