Microsoft Management Console and Device Manager Issue!

[Guest]

Howdy,

It seems that I have lost the capability to bring up the Device Manager from
the Hardware tab of My Computer properties. When I try to do this, it says,
'Microsoft Management Console- The selected file cannot be found'. Any help
here as to what has happened and how to correct it? Thanks in advance.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

What happens if you click Start, click Run, type: devmgmt.msc and click
OK?

devmgmt.msc is the Device Manager and should be in %windir%\system32 or
C:\WINDOWS\system32

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Kelly]

Hi Bobby,

For Pro

Go to Start/Run and type in: mmc /a. Go to File and choose Add/Remove
Snap-in. Click Add then scroll down to Device Manager, Add. Save it to
devmgmt.msc in %windir%\system32.

Other suggestions:

To create a shortcut to the Device Manager, to see if it works from your
desktop:

Go to Start/Run and type in: devmgmt.msc. If the Device Manager opens,
create a shortcut to this file C:\WINDOWS\system32\devmgmt.msc

Added info: If the Device Manager is empty:

Go to Start/Administrative Tools/Services. Scroll down to Plug and Play
Service and stop and restart it. Once done the Device Manager will populate
again.

Lastly:

To extract: Go to Start/Run/CMD and type in the command below: (Substitute
C and D accordingly).

C:\>extract d:\i386\devmgmt.ms_ c:\windows\system32
\devmgmt.msc

where d: is your CD rom Drive with your windows XP CD.
Whatever your CD rom drive letter is then substitute it in
the command line.

Or:

Restore the Device Manager (Line 107) Right hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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[Guest]

I have created a device manager shortcut that will open up the device manager
just fine. I have been using this. I was just wondering why the other
standard method is not longer working and how to reconcile it so I can still
get there either way. I guess it is an anal thing for me. Thanks for more
help.