MMC.EXE

[Joe]

I am trying to repair one of our seniors members computer, it is an upgrade
version of XP Home.

Among other problems when I try to access Device Manager I get the message
that mmc.exe cannot be found.

Any thoughts please?

 

[Guest]

I am trying to repair one of our seniors members computer, it is an upgrade
version of XP Home.

Among other problems when I try to access Device Manager I get the message
that mmc.exe cannot be found.

Any thoughts please?
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Regards
Joe
Tasmania

Hi Joe,
Open a run command prompt:
net stop winmgmt
net start winmgmt
Reboot your machine, does this help?.
Make sure this machine clean from viruses and malware.

"WMI Diagnosis Utility"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/help/wmidiag.mspx

More on that here
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I am trying to repair one of our seniors members computer, it is an
upgrade version of XP Home.

Among other problems when I try to access Device Manager I get the
message that mmc.exe cannot be found.

Any thoughts please?

Check if the file "mmc.exe" is present in the %windir%\System32 folder.
If this *is* the case, perform a repair install which may or may not
fix the other problems as well: "How to perform an in-place upgrade
(reinstallation) of Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341/en-us
Note that all available system updates have to be reinstalled afterwards.

If "mmc.exe" is *not* present, install this optional update replacing
the missing file with the latest version of the "Microsoft Management
Console" (mmc.exe): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907265/en-us
Note that this update may require .NET Framework 2.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5

Check that system for malware in all cases.

 

[Joe]

I didn't have any luck with the recommendations but I did manage to resolve
the problem with the .net cleanup tool from
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/09/15/468147.aspx

Thanks for your help and advice
Regards
Joe

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I didn't have any luck with the recommendations but I did manage to
resolve the problem with the .net cleanup tool from
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/09/15/468147.aspx

Well, that's interesting since the original Management Console and the
device manager snap-in (devmgmt.msc) do not use .NET Framework.

Thanks for your help and advice

You're certainly welcome, Joe.