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Error message when you try to open a MMC Console
- Copyright © 2008 Ramesh Srinivasan
- Error messages
Symptoms
- Help and Support Center pages are not rendered correctly, and you receive script errors when viewing most of the topics in Help and Support.
- The menu bar in Help and Support may be missing
- Help and Support launches when you try to open System Information tool (MSINFO32.EXE)
- Windows Update does not work correctly
- When you try to open a MMC console such as Device Manager, Computer Management, Services applet, or Shared folders console, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:
MMC cannot open the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\compmgmt.msc.
This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later version of MMC. This may also be because you do not have sufficient access rights to the file.
MMC cannot open the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\filename.msc.
This may be because the file does not exist, is not an MMC console, or was created by a later version of MMC. This may also be because you do not have sufficient access rights to the file.
Resolution
Click Start, Run and type:
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
Press Enter
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16 Responses to "Error message when you try to open a MMC Console" 
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said this on 17 Jan 2007 8:31:25 PM PST
Excellent. I had two of the above problems. Tried the resolution; it fixed both of them. Thanks.
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said this on 28 Jan 2007 4:21:11 PM PST
This is fantastic. Fixed Computer management console and anexcel opening problem with MSMXL
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said this on 01 Mar 2007 2:36:53 PM PST
I have spent half an hour looking for a solution; this did it in second. Thank you!!
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said this on 16 May 2007 8:29:10 PM PST
Spent hours looking for a solution. This was the best and a simple solution.
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said this on 24 May 2007 12:01:33 PM PST
top dog. brill. superb
THANKS!
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said this on 24 May 2007 7:24:51 PM PST
I was contemplating a reinstall when I landed here. Great!
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said this on 11 Jun 2007 3:57:56 PM PST
Wow! Why is there no mention of this on the Microsoft site? You are brilliant.
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said this on 14 Jul 2007 6:32:51 AM PST
Had trouble for 2 weeks with no System restore, used this and hey presto works fantastic.
The problem I had evn stopped me doing a lot of things like surfing, reading emails and installing new programs including anti-virus. I don't know how much to thank you.
Thanks a million
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said this on 09 Oct 2007 7:46:36 PM PST
My Windows Search Companion as well as my MMC problem were fixed after executing this run command. Thank u so much for this ultimate solution!
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said this on 13 Apr 2008 5:17:30 PM PST
Do I need to restart after this? I typed it and it said succeeded, but then I tried to open the defragmenter and it still says the same thing.
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said this on 23 Nov 2008 12:45:02 AM PST
i have the same thing, i tried what you said it says successful but the problem still exists. any ideas?
many thanks in advence
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said this on 30 Mar 2009 12:58:01 AM PST
Thanks for fixing the problem. But why did it happen? Whats the cause of this problem?
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