MMC.exe Runtime Error!

[Steve Hall]

I am recieving the following error when clicking on the Services and
Applications Node in the Microsoft Management Console.

Runtime Error!

Program: C:\Windows\system32\mmc.exe

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an
unusual way.
Please contact the applications support team for more information.

Has anyone come across this error before? I have been unable to find
any infomation on the cause of this, or solution to this error.

Thanks,
Steve Hall

[MeanGene]

Hi Steve,
There is not enough info here to do anything but provide some general info
which may point you to some troubleshooting steps.

First this error is not comming from MMC. MMC owns the process that the
Services Snap-in that is hosting the Snap-in causing the error. Errors
like this are delegated to the host process but that does not mean they
originate there. "Services and applications" sounds like you are running
computer manager. This Snap-in host several extensions, and it's likely
one of the extensions is causing the problem.

Run time errors are usually caused by an unexpected event that is not
handled in code. The list of possible causes is extensive and would
include such things as trying to access an unregistered dll or service,
using an unitialized varible, using an incorrect version of a dll or other
library, running out of memory or disk space or even errors in the C
Runtime Library startup routines. Anti-Virus programs have also been know
to cause this error. Usually a reinstall of that software will fix the
problem.

In this case the first thing to do with troubleshooting would be to check
and see if there are any 3rd party or other unusual extensons being loaded
under that node. Just compare what's running under Services and
Applications on the problem machine with a machine which in running
correctly.

Unless you are a programmer writing and extension to computer manager, this
is not the right forum to go to for help. I would expect one of the OS
forums would be a better choice.

gene

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