Windows 2000 Microsoft Management Console Snap-ins May Not Initialize (244348)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q244348

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to load a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in using the - c:\>mmc.exe devmgr.msc command line, the following error message may be displayed:
Snap-In failed to initialize

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because snap-ins use hard-coded folder paths instead of the %WinDir% folder path in Windows 2000. If you rename the original installation folder and Boot.ini reference from another parallel installation, snap-ins in the original installation are not updated to use the new path.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, start into a parallel installation of Windows 2000 and change the name of the new folder to the original folder name.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/21/2003
Keywords:kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB244348
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