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General Computer Support / Re: SOLVED - Win 10 MMC cannot create Snap-in

« on: January 07, 2018, 07:35:23 pm »

Done - and again, thanks for your help. Sometimes, problem solving needs a "sounding board" just to expand the scope of thinking. Thanks again.

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General Computer Support / Re: Win 10 MMC cannot create Snap-in

« on: January 06, 2018, 11:58:53 pm »

I finally got it fixed!

I restored successive reverse-date Macrium system backups until I found one from way back in August that had a working MMC. I then installed the updates to individual programs as well as Windows. I am now pretty sure that the previous releases of Windows updates that have proven so problematic for so long was the culprit. Indeed, every time I found a problem in Windows 10, the source was a problematic update from Microsoft, but that belongs in the editorial section.

Thanks again for your assistance.

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General Computer Support / Re: Win 10 MMC cannot create Snap-in

« on: January 05, 2018, 05:38:47 pm »

OK. This is what I found:

The command 'bcdedit|find "osdevice"' found nothing. This is a dual boot drive (Win 7 and Win 10, with another partition once intended for Ubuntu (but not currently used).

To simplify things, I created empty folders in the root directories of each of the OS's labeling them: "1 - This is Win 7", and on the other "1 - This is Win 10". Using the number one ahead of the description tended to list these empty directories toward the top of the list for that drive.

With that done, and booting to the command prompt from the Win 10 DVD, I ran the sfc /scannow /offbootdir=d:\ /offwindir=d:\Windows where the d: drive was, indeed, the Win 10 drive.

After a while, it produced this response:

"Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not supported in offline servicing scenarios.

When I looked at that log, it listed a LOT of items that were not fixed.

Correct me if I am wrong, but it is seeming more prudent to wipe the partition, and reload Windows 10 - and bite the bullet about re-installing all of the apps currently loaded.

Any thoughts? Again, my thanks for your assistance.

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General Computer Support / Re: Win 10 MMC cannot create Snap-in

« on: January 04, 2018, 05:56:07 pm »

Almost everything worked as you described, but it simply locked on 0% with the constantly rotating circle of dots for over an hour with not change to the "progress." I may be looking at a complete re-install unless you have other ideas. I'll also try a successive Macrium restore, seeing at each increment whether the MMC functionality returns.

Thanks again.

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General Computer Support / Re: Win 10 MMC cannot create Snap-in

« on: January 04, 2018, 01:25:35 pm »

One more question on this: I had been using the Win10 installation DVD to access the Repair function (booting from the DVD). Your posts suggest that I boot into Windows 10 in a normal fashion, and then access the repair functionality, but where do I find it? On the DVD or from within the regularly loaded Win 10?

Thanks.

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General Computer Support / Re: Win 10 MMC cannot create Snap-in

« on: January 03, 2018, 03:22:30 am »

Thanks. I''ll try that again.

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General Computer Support / Re: Win 10 MMC cannot create Snap-in

« on: January 03, 2018, 01:55:02 am »

Thanks. I looked at that, proceeding up to the ultimate commitment, but the point I got to said that while the personal files would be saved, non-Windows programs would need to be re-installed. Curiously, the Windows 10 installation DVD I created from an ISO did not have the same screens and menu choices in a few online articles I read on the subject. They were similar, but not the same. And the devil is in the details, with a simple selection made on limited information that too often leads to a mini0catastrophe.

Can you confirm that this process does NOT wipe installed programs?

Thanks, again.

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General Computer Support / SOLVED - Win 10 MMC cannot create Snap-in

« on: January 02, 2018, 10:12:20 pm »

When trying to use the Windows 10 built-in Disk Management tool, I get an error saying that MMC cannot create the Snap-in. (Some other functions also report this same type of problem.)

After having read a myriad of articles about the deletion and auto-recreation of the relevant key Registry items (none of which helped), I am looking for a way either to restore the correct entries to the Registry, or some other way to fix this narrow scope of essential repair. I am seeking a way to fix the problem, short of a complete restoration requiring the subsequent re-installation of all user-loaded programs (even if the option of saving personal files is used).

Can the Tweaking.com Windows repair Pro version handle this specific issue?

One other thought I have is to export the necessary section of Registry values for MMC and Snap-ins from another Windows 10 computer, and then Import them into the "problem child" computer. Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.