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I'm trying to debug an application that uses Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ). I can debug the queues on my development server using a remote desktop connection, but can't repeat the process on my local desktop. I would prefer to use an application on my local desktop if possible.

My development server is running Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition. My local machine is running Windows 7 Professional Edition.

To debug the queues using a remote desktop connection (see first screenshot):

  1. Connect remotely as DEV\admin_me to the desktop of my development server (DEVSERVER).
  2. Run compmgmt.msc.
  3. Navigate to 'Computer Management (Local) > Services and Applications > Message Queueing > Private Queues' to see the two private queues used by my application.

Message Queueing management is possible over a remote desktop connection.

To repeat the process on my local desktop (see second screenshot):

  1. Run runas /user:DEV\admin_me "mmc compmgmt.msc /computer:\\DEVSERVER". (Use runas because my local desktop account is DEV\me, not admin).
  2. Try to navigate to 'Computer Management (DEVSERVER) > Services and Applications > Message Queueing', but it is not visible.

Message Queueing management is not possible on the local desktop.

Am I missing something, or is using a remote desktop connection the only way?

Iain Samuel McLean Elder
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    Do you have MSMQ installed? I assume not. You won't have the DLL installed that Computer Management loads to expose MSMQ. – John Breakwell Jun 21 '12 at 20:34

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As suggested by John Breakwell's comment, MSMQ was not installed on my local machine. I followed these steps to enable management of a remote MSMQ application from my local machine

Install MSMQ

At a command prompt, run the command OptionalFeatures to open the 'Windows Features' dialog.

In the feature tree of the dialog, Check the top-level feature 'Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Server'. This also checks the sub-feature 'Microsoft MessageQueue (MSMQ) Server Core'. The dialog should look like this:

Check the feature 'Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Server to install MSMQ support.

Press OK.

Windows displays a dialog to say "Please wait while Windows makes changes to features. This might take several minutes." Wait until the dialog disappears.

Wait until the 'please wait' dialog disappears to check that the fix has worked.

Verify the fix

Run the command to compmgmt.msc locally:

runas /user:DEV\admin_me "mmc compmgmt.msc /computer:\\DEVSERVER"

Navigate to 'Computer Management (Local) > Services and Applications > Message Queueing > Private Queues' and verify that the two private queues used by my application are visible.

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