Services snap-in problem

[sandvtech]

pc is running XP Media Center Edition



I had been working on removing viruses from a customer computer and started resolving some problems on pc. Stumbled across a problem with services in administrative tools. When I go into it I get the following message - MMC could not create the snap-in. the snap-in may not have been installed correctly and then looks to give what seems to be a registry entry. Anyone no how to fix the problem.

Thanks

 

[fixitdaz]

Have you got a file "eventvwr.exe.config" in the C:\Windows\System32 directory renaming it may cure it if its what I think it is you need to post the code what seems to be a registry entry and are other snap-ins working

 

[sandvtech]

didnt find that file in system32

here is the code i missed posting - sorry about that
clsid:{58221c66-ea27-11cf-adcf-00aa00a80033}

opened mmc and the only snapin that errored was computer mangement, sevice and shared files. computer management probably showed error because of services being in it and it does add and seems to show everything but services. the other 2 do not add

 

[sandvtech]

Thank you for your help fixitdaz!! I did some google searching this morning and found a fix to this problem, someone had posted and wanted to post it in case someone else runs into it.

See below:
"searched the registry for the Class ID mentioned in the error message, same one as posted in this thread by the way.

After finding several entries I found one which pointed to a dll file called filemgmnt.dll, I clicked on Start - Run and entered "regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\filemgmt.dll" and received an error message telling me that the file was not and executable file and could not be registered, I downloaded another copy of the Dll from the internet and replaced my existing one, tried to register it again and this time I got a message telling me that the file had been registered successfully and lo and behold I then had a working Services window again."

I tried the regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\filemgmt.dll command and got an error and went searching for the file in system32 and found that my filemgmt.dll file was missing. I copied it from another xp system and ran command again and got a message that it completed sucessfully and services now open again. Hope it helps someone!!!

 

[fixitdaz]

Cool glad you got it sorted, and thanks for posting the outcome it's always good to see the fix.