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I am trying to access the device manager from the control panel, and I am getting this error from the MMC window:
MMC could not create the snap-in. The snap-in may not have installed correctly Name: Device Manager CLSID: {74246BFC-4C96-11D0-ABEF-0020AF6B0B7A}
Do anyone know how to fix this?
This is on a Windows Vista 32, Spyware clean computer.
decasteljau
Posted 2009-11-01T18:29:59.513
Reputation: 249
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Go to command prompt and type
SFC /SCANNOW
This should scan and fix any errors with Windows system files.
I have only seen this issue twice, once doing the above fixed it and the other time, I tried diagnosing for hours without coming up with a solution and had to reinstall Windows from scratch.
Lastly, I think this is caused by a corrupt registry key. I never worked out what actually made the problem but it may be worth doing a system restore if you have it turned on as it is possible that it may have created a point before this was an issue.
Hopefully the above will help.
William Hilsum
Posted 2009-11-01T18:29:59.513
Reputation: 111 572
1just ran the command. It works! It tell me it found errors, but was not able to fix them all. But appenrently, it was able to fix this one. – decasteljau – 2009-11-01T18:55:32.803