Unable to kill a process in Windows 8.1 through VBScript - vbscript

I am using the below piece of code to terminate all the instances of the application for e.g. Notepad. But it is not getting executed in Windows 8.1 (32 bit OS). It is working fine with Windows 7 (64 bit OS) and Windows 10 (32 bit OS). Can some one please help me to get rid of this?
Analysis:
It was failing at line: For Each objProcess In colProcess
Even after introducing the line in the below code its failing: Set objProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
Code:
Function KillAll1(ProcessName)
Dim objWMIServicde, colProcess
Dim strComputer, strList, p
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2:Win32_Process")
Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name like '" & ProcessName & "'")
For Each objProcess In colProcess
objProcess.Terminate
Next
End Function
KillAll1("notepad.exe")

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394585(v=vs.85).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176998.aspx

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Let me try to explain what I am trying to do
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Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
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