How do I create a custom MMC configuration?

John Savill

June 12, 1999

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A. One of MMC's great features is its flexible and we will take aquick look at this by creating out own custom console.

The first step is to start the MMC shell, select Start - Run and type MMC.EXE.MMC will be started with no snap-ins loaded and has no functionality.

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The next step is to add a snap-in:

  1. From the main MMC menu, select Console - Add/Remove Snap-in

  2. The Add/Remove dialog will be shown and no snap-ins will be listed. Click Add

  3. A list of all known snap-ins will be displayed. Select a snap-in (for example Disk Management) and click Add

  4. Depending on the snap-in added other options may be displayed for example on the Disk Management you can choose the local computer or a remote computer. Click Finish

  5. You may add other snap-ins (for example DNS). When finished adding click Close

  6. The dialog will show the snap-ins added. Click OK

The main console will now show the snap-ins added at the root. Its possiblefor each snap-in to be in its own window within the MMC rather than as a singletree by right clicking on the snap-in and selecting 'New Windows from Here' fromthe context menu. If you did this for all snap-ins loaded you could close themain tree window.

Once your console is laid out to your liking you can save it as follows:

  1. Select 'Save As' from the Console menu.

  2. Select a location to save the configuration as and enter a name. It will have a .msc extension.

  3. Click Save

If you save to your profile area, e.g. d:Documents andSettingsAdministratorStart MenuProgramsAdministrative Tools the new MMCconfiguration will be displayed on the Start Menu.

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