WPF .NET 8.0 cant find System.Management Reference

Hey folks,
I just recently got into C# and want to create a Desktop app to get comfortable with it.
I created a WPF Project with .NET 8.0 as the Target Framework and wanted to get the name of the user's mainboard.

I used this piece of logic, which requires the ManagementObject, which requires me to use the System.Management namespace

public static String getMotherboardName()
{
    var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_BaseBoard");
    foreach (var item in searcher.Get())
    {
        return item["Product"].ToString();
    }
    return "Unknown Motherboard";
}

public static String getMotherboardName()
{
    var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_BaseBoard");
    foreach (var item in searcher.Get())
    {
        return item["Product"].ToString();
    }
    return "Unknown Motherboard";
}

I tried to add said reference but I cant find it in the Reference Manager.

C#•11mo ago•

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WPF .NET 8.0 cant find System.Management Reference

public static String getMotherboardName()
{
    var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_BaseBoard");
    foreach (var item in searcher.Get())
    {
        return item["Product"].ToString();
    }
    return "Unknown Motherboard";
}

public static String getMotherboardName()
{
    var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_BaseBoard");
    foreach (var item in searcher.Get())
    {
        return item["Product"].ToString();
    }
    return "Unknown Motherboard";
}

I tried to add said reference but I cant find it in the Reference Manager.

WPF .NET 8.0 cant find System.Management Reference

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