Microsoft KB Archive/946736

= Error message when you click &quot;WMI Control&quot; in the Computer Management console tree on a Windows XP-based computer: &quot;MMC has detected an error in a snap-in&quot; =

Article ID: 946736

Article Last Modified on 12/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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SYMPTOMS
On a Windows XP-based computer, when you click WMI Control in the Computer Management console tree, you receive the following error message:

MMC has detected an error in a snap-in. It is recommended that you shut down and restart MMC

You can select from among the following three options:
 * Report this error to Microsoft, and then shut down Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
 * Continue to run MMC, and ignore errors from this snap-in for the rest of the session
 * Continue to run MMC, and always ignore errors from this snap-in, regardless of the user or the session

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
 * You open the Computer Management console MMC snap-in by using the Compmgmt.msc command.
 * MMC 3.0 is installed on the computer.
 * Hotfix 915843 is installed on the computer.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

915843 Error message when you try to open the WMI MMC snap-in by using the &quot;Wmimgmt.msc&quot; command on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer: &quot;MMC has detected an error in a snap-in&quot;



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use one of the following methods.

Method 1
Select the second option or the third option from the error dialog box.

Method 2
Use the wmimgmt.msc command to open the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Management console. This command will open the WMI Control MMC snap-in in a new window.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: WMI compmgmt error

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb kbexpertiseadvanced KB946736

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