{"id":380,"date":"2013-08-01T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T07:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/askadmin.com\/?p=380"},"modified":"2013-08-01T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T07:27:24","slug":"mmc-could-not-create-the-snap-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askadmin.com\/aa\/mmc-could-not-create-the-snap-in\/","title":{"rendered":"MMC could not create the snap-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am using 32bit\u00a0windows 2008 \u00a0server as \u00a0AD domain controller \u00a0 . After upgrading dot net framework ,all mmc snap-ins were failing to open .<\/p>\n<p>All tools like\u00a0Server Manager , Event Viewer were showing an error message \u00a0like..<\/p>\n<p>MMC could not create the snap-in<\/p>\n<p>MMC could not create the snap-in. The snap-in might not have been installed correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Name: Server Manager<\/p>\n<p>CLSID: FX:{18ea3f92-d6aa-41d9-a205-2023400c8fbb}<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/askadmin.com\/aa\/mmc-could-not-create-the-snap-in\/attachment\/2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-381\" alt=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/askadmin.com\/aa\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2.jpg\" width=\"472\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally I \u00a0came to know that it is due to .netframework and it can be fixed by removing .net 3.5 \u00a0or renaming machine.config \u00a0file in \u00a0.netframework 2.x \u00a0CONFIG directory .<\/p>\n<p>First I ran \u00a0sfc \/scannow \u00a0then renamed\u00a0C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\CONFIG\\machine.config to\u00a0machine.config.old<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/askadmin.com\/aa\/mmc-could-not-create-the-snap-in\/1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-382\" alt=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/askadmin.com\/aa\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1-500x345.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askadmin.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1-500x345.jpg 500w, https:\/\/askadmin.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After rebooting the server everything worked fine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may try to remove .net 3.5 SP1 \u00a0if you dont want to rename\u00a0machine.config \u00a0in .netframe work 2.x directory .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am using 32bit\u00a0windows 2008 \u00a0server as \u00a0AD domain controller \u00a0 . 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