Fix Services MMC Extended View is Blank in Windows XP

Fix Services MMC Extended View Is Blank in Windows XP

The Extended view of Services Management Console (services.msc) displays the service description and also has links to Start or Stop services. In some systems, the Extended view may appear blank, as in figure below:

This has to do with broken JScript.dll registration. To fix this problem, login as Administrator or equivalent, and then run the following command from Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32.exe jscript.dll

Press {ENTER}

You should see the output message "DllRegisterServer in jscript.dll succeeded."

This fixes the Extended view. Close and re-open Services MMC.

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8 Comments

Plecostomus

said this on Friday, March 5th 2010 11:05 pm

THANKS!

I have been looking for a solution for a while.
pavan

said this on Friday, February 26th 2010 10:32 am

what a solution great job ramesh
Gabriel

said this on Friday, February 19th 2010 1:36 am

Worked perfect here. I was looking the real solution for a little while
Thanks!
Flo

said this on Wednesday, February 3rd 2010 12:31 am

Dont work with windows 2003
Steve K

said this on Thursday, January 7th 2010 9:18 pm

Thanks, that fixed it for me. You Rock!
Petar

said this on Sunday, January 3rd 2010 7:19 pm

Thanks alot! Wasn’t even expecting I’d find a solution and then this page comes up as the 2nd google result. Thanks again.
Steve

said this on Saturday, December 26th 2009 1:06 pm

Hey,thanks for all the information. Its really well organized and Im finding good tips on more obsucre settings. Great job, thank you again. Steve
John Dangerbrooks

said this on Sunday, November 15th 2009 12:27 am

Well done, Ramesh. I’m impressed.