MMC cannot open devmgmt.msc

[Jay]

Cannot open device manager!

I get the message MMC can not open the file
C:\Windows\system32\devmgmt.msc because it does not
exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later
version of MMC. It may also be because I do not have
sufficient rights to access the file.

devmgmt.msc certainly does exist and I have rights to it.
Is there a way to correct this without going through a
complete reinstall of the OS?

 

[Rich Barry]

Jay, see if it opens from rt click MyComputer>Select Prop>Hardware>Device
Manager.

 

[Guest]

I too am receiving the same error and like you I don't want to re install the OS.
A work around I'm using is to;
right click My Computer then double click on Manage to open Computer Management. From here I can access the Device Manager.
This may not be the best solution but will do till an answer is found.


----- Jay wrote: -----

Cannot open device manager!

I get the message MMC can not open the file
C:\Windows\system32\devmgmt.msc because it does not
exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later
version of MMC. It may also be because I do not have
sufficient rights to access the file.

devmgmt.msc certainly does exist and I have rights to it.
Is there a way to correct this without going through a
complete reinstall of the OS?

 

[Am_Threat]

Hi,

Run the below command :-

Regsvr32 "C:\WINDOWS\system32\msxml3.dll

Please visit the below link to for automatic resolution & more information of the issue-MMC cannot open file-while opening .msc files only :

http://am-techzone.blogspot.com/2011/07/mmc-cannot-open-file-system32devmgmtmsc.html