Re: MMC and Other Admin Functions don't run

[Wesley Vogel]

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

scroll down to and Click on the ? Icon to Expand
Why doesn't Search work?
See...
Error: "A file that is required to run Search Companion cannot be found. You
may need to run setup".
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You receive a “Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” error message when you try to
start MMC on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326574

Error Message "Snap-in Failed to Initialize" When You Use Microsoft
Management Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297064

"Snap-in Failed to Initialize" Error Message When You Open Microsoft
Management Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;826282


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Pentium 4, 512k Ram, XP Pro SP2, Norton Antivirus, Microsoft
Antispyware, Zone Alarm He has full administrative rights.

This is my boyfriends computer and he can't remember if he installed
anything other then DotNet Framework during this time, so maybe this is
the culprit. Anyway, the first thing that happened was that he couldn't
use the Search Assistant.
He got the error: "A file that is required to run search companion
cannot be found. You may need to run setup" I tried everything to fix
this but to no avail. Then, he found out that many other XP Pro
features were unavailable as well.
He can't run "MANAGE" or any of the other MMC console features along
with DEFRAG. He receives the error, Cannot open <Snap-in Name>” when he
tries to start MMC.

Microsoft has an article on it, but the workaround involved "offline
files" and didn't work. I have been researching this for over a week
and some things that I found involved registering a file, (msxml3.dll),
but running regsvr32 C:\Windows\system32\msxml3.dll fails as well. I
also read something where installing Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) 3.0
Service Pack 4 (SP4) would fix this problem, but that didn't work
either. [image:
http://help.lockergnome.com/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif]

I don't know if I've given enough information, but I have to start
somewhere! It was this wonderful group of people that helped me solve
another problem that I had last year and I'm betting that someone may
have experienced this or might at least help me go in the right
direction. I've worn out my search engine and tried almost everything
that I thought looked feasible.

Thank you in advance!

Cheryl

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Cheryl,

As far as I know /restore is not a switch for System File Checker (sfc.exe).

sfc /?

/SCANNOW Scans all protected system files immediately.
/SCANONCE Scans all protected system files once at the next boot.
/SCANBOOT Scans all protected system files at every boot.
/REVERT Return scan to default setting.
/PURGECACHE Purges the file cache.
/CACHESIZE=x Sets the file cache size.
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Here are a few things you can try.

Doug Knox's
MSC File Association Fix (Restore default associations for MSC files)
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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From Ramesh - Microsoft MVP

Open Regedit.exe and see if the following key is correct:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.msc
default value in the right pane is MSCFile

And check:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSCFile\Shell\Open\Command
the (default) should read as
"%SystemRoot%\system32\mmc.exe "%1" %*"

Workaround, opens Services applet, paste this into Start | Run:

mmc C:\Windows\System32\Services.msc

Follow the same for all .msc files.

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Visit here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
296. Lift MMC/GPEDIT Snap-In Restrictions
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From Roger Abell Microsoft MVP...

Check the permissions of one of the msc files and of the mmc.exe.

Open a command prompt...
Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
When the window opens type:

cacls C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.msc

and hit your Enter key.

You should see something similar to

C:\>cacls C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.msc
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.msc BUILTIN\Users:R
BUILTIN\Power Users:R
BUILTIN\Administrators:F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F
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Type:
cacls C:\WINDOWS\system32\mmc.exe

and hit your Enter key.

You should see something similar to

C:\>cacls C:\WINDOWS\system32\mmc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\mmc.exe BUILTIN\Users:R
BUILTIN\Power Users:C
BUILTIN\Administrators:F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F

There may be some repeats (if permissions is both set
explicitly and inherited onto) for what is shown.
What is important here is the Users:R which grants all
members of Users group read/execute.


If that is missing it could be readded with such as
cacls C:\WINDOWS\system32\mmc.exe /e /g Users:R


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[Wesley Vogel]

Cheryl,

This is what the revert switch does in sfc.exe

/Revert: Returns scan to the default setting (do not scan protected files
when you start the computer).The default cache size is not reset when you
run this command.
Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker
(Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310747

That sets SFCScan to 0 in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Yes, ZAMailSafeExt is created by ZoneAlarm

I have uninstalled .Net Framework. No problems for me.

You got all I know about it.

No dinner, I live in CO. ;-(

Besides, no one has solved the problem.

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[Wesley Vogel]

Keep having fun, Cheryl. ;-)


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[jonb42]

Search Companion and MMC not working

This resolved it

run:

regsvr32 C:\Windows\system32\msxml3.dll

I was having exactly the same problem, ie:

1) AutoCAD 2008 suddenly stopped working.
2) Search Companion would not open (I found this out on my quest to fix AutoCAD)
3) MMC (Microsoft Management Console) wouldn't open ANYTHING (I only found this out during my quest to fix the search issue...)

and nothing (particularly MSoft) was helping... finally I found the above in one of my many searches.

Believe it or not, all three issues disappeared completely.

Hopefully this helps someone else! - JonB