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The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a component of Windows that provides an administrative interface for system configuration. It can be extended with _snap-ins_, which are COM or managed code components that provide the user interface for a particular administrative domain.

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a Windows application used by administrators and power users to administer a Windows system. Administration of varying domains -- such as event logs or starting and stopping [Windows service]s -- can be done within the same console.

MMC hosts components called snap-ins. These are implemented Snap-ins are extensions to the MMC executable, which hosts them and provides a window frame into which they expose their user interfaces. Traditionally, snap-ins have been implemented as COM components, but in recent releases of Windows, support is provided for snap-ins written for the managed runtime.

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Blank, broken manifest file Windows Server 2008

I have an issue with an instance of Windows Server 2008 where Server Manager will not open, nor will powershell or anything else really. I've researched solutions and attempted a dozen or so fixes including replacing the machine.config with a known…
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MMC 3.0 snap in development and 'connect to another computer...' dialog

I'm in the process of developing a custom MMC 3.0 snap-in and was wondering if there is some built in SDK/API way of connecting to another computer running the same snap-in? If so, can someone provide some code samples or links to tutorials on how…
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Why won't the runtime resolve my assembly dependency automatically?

I have some c++ code that is a snap-in for a MMC based application. This snap in uses a .net 2.0 dll via a COM wrapper (AssemblyA). AssemblyA lives in the same directory as the app that launches the MMC session. AssemblyA uses some other .net dlls…
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How to get html dom object of a MMC snapin node using MMC automation object model

I am using automation object model for an existing mmc file and just trying to traverse all nodes of it and I am able to do so. My query is : how can I get the access of html dom object of a particular node . A html page is present in result pane of…
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System.FileNotFound exception

So I am trying to automatically launch mmc compmgmt.msc with the only switch it seems to have (/computer:\). It works just fine from a local run box, but not by utilizing Process.Start. Here is the offending line: Process.Start("mmc…
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MMC can't see installed .NET service

I have a .NET windows service project and a deployment project to create an MSI for the service. I've installed/uninstalled the service numerous times during development but seem to have broken something. The service appears to install and the…
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Scripting MMC with vbscript

I would like to add a snap in via vbscript and I have been having a problem getting the snap in to add to the console. It will be run in a Windows 7 environment. If someone could have a look see and direct me in the right direction I would be most…
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custom mmc snap-ins icon

Looking into how to provide the icon for my custom mmc snap-ins. Language = c#
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mmc snap-ins extension

Looking for how to create a snap-in extension. I know how to create STANDALONE snap-ins but, also need to look into the snap-in extensions. I'd like to create them in c#.
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Create a plug-in (snap-in) for IIS Manager

Is It possible to create a UI plug-in for IIS manager or the Windows server 2008 manager program? Or is possible to create a MMC plug-in in C#?
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C# GUID for different platform

I'm now writing a snap-in for MMC3.0, it should support both x64 and x86 platform, but the GUID should be different. In C++ I know there are macros like _WIN32, but I can't find something like this in C#. My target is to let the code looks like…
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COM Exception Receiving WMI Event in MMC Snapin

I am attempting to create an MMC snapin that among other things, will receive and display log events that are fired from my service. I have created the watcher and it fires correctly, but when I try to add nodes to my MmcListView, I am getting a…
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System.EnterpriseServices.RegistrationHelper Doesn't Release File

We developed a small MMC snap-in that installs various components of the application. In particular, it registers .NET assemblies with COM+ using System.EnterpriseServices.RegistrationHelper. The logic is simple: first, uninstall existing assembly,…
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windows service : configuration UI implementation options

I have a simple windows service, that might need to be configured on-the-fly (a COM port to listen to). I have done the UI as a console app that connects to the windows service through WCF, it works and fun. Question: Is it a good idea to develop…
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Snapin not appearing in the 'Add or Remove Snap-ins' dialog?

Im having issues trying to get a custom snapin to display in the Add/Remove Snap-ins dialog (MMC). Is this done though a registry key?
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