Services applet doesn't work!

[MS]

Before, in Start Menu, Programs, Administrative Tools, I could click on
"Services", or "Component Services", and see a list of Services on the
computer. With that applet one can start services that aren't running, stop
one that is running, and with "Properties", choose if a service is disabled,
starts manually, or automatically.

However, now when I click on the shortcut to start that applet, the
"Services" applet does not start. Only "Notepad" starts, with a text file
called "Services.msc."

How do I get the services applet to work again?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Click Start, Run and type:
MMC.exe "C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.msc"

If this helps, the original problem is due to corrupt .MSC file association.
Get the fix from Doug Knox's site:

MSC File Association Fix (Restore default associations for MSC files)
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Before, in Start Menu, Programs, Administrative Tools, I could click on
"Services", or "Component Services", and see a list of Services on the
computer. With that applet one can start services that aren't running, stop
one that is running, and with "Properties", choose if a service is disabled,
starts manually, or automatically.

However, now when I click on the shortcut to start that applet, the
"Services" applet does not start. Only "Notepad" starts, with a text file
called "Services.msc."

How do I get the services applet to work again?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

URL:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Click Start, Run and type:
MMC.exe "C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.msc"

If this helps, the original problem is due to corrupt .MSC file association.
Get the fix from Doug Knox's site:

MSC File Association Fix (Restore default associations for MSC files)
--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Before, in Start Menu, Programs, Administrative Tools, I could click on
"Services", or "Component Services", and see a list of Services on the
computer. With that applet one can start services that aren't running, stop
one that is running, and with "Properties", choose if a service is disabled,
starts manually, or automatically.

However, now when I click on the shortcut to start that applet, the
"Services" applet does not start. Only "Notepad" starts, with a text file
called "Services.msc."

How do I get the services applet to work again?