Microsoft KB Archive/269418

= PRB: SQL Server 7.0 MSDTC Administrative Console Unavailable on Windows 2000 from Program Menu =

Article ID: 269418

Article Last Modified on 6/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q269418



SYMPTOMS
On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000, when you try to run the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) Administrative Console by clicking the Start button on the taskbar, pointing to Programs, and then clicking Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, a dialog box with the following error appears:

Missing Shortcut - Windows is searching for dac.exe. To locate the file yourself, click Browse.



CAUSE
In Windows 2000, the Distributed Transaction Coordinator console is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and not a separate executable. Therefore, the DTC Admin Console (Dac.exe) is not installed on Windows 2000.



WORKAROUND
To start the MSDTC Administrative console in Windows 2000, use these steps:
 * 1) Open the MMC Console by typing MMC.exe in the Run dialog box.
 * 2) In the MMC console dialog box, click Console, and then click Add/Remove Snap-in.
 * 3) In the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box, click Add.
 * 4) In the Add Standalone Snap-in dialog box, click Component Services, and then click ADD to add the snap-in. Click Close.
 * 5) In the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box, click OK.
 * 6) In the console root under Component Services, expand Component Services, point to Computers, point to My Computer, and then click Distributed Transaction Coordinator.

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