Microsoft Management Console – Henry Poon's Blog https://blog.henrypoon.com Wed, 05 Oct 2022 02:51:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 83044199 Access Device Manager When It Doesn’t Work from Control Panel https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2009/11/21/access-device-manager-when-it-doesnt-work-from-control-panel/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2009/11/21/access-device-manager-when-it-doesnt-work-from-control-panel/#respond Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:38:00 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/access-device-manager-when-it-doesnt-work-from-control-panel Sometimes the device manager just won’t open for whatever reason.  This happened to me before and I don’t know why.  Either way, this is how to do it without going to the control panel.  This how-to involves the use of the Microsoft Management Console.  I have no idea what it does, I just know that it will let me into the device manager.

  1. Start > Run (or winkey + r)
  2. Type “mmc” and click OK
  3. Click File > Add/Remove Snap-in…
  4. Select Device Manager from the left menu and click the Add button.
  5. Click OK

The device manager should now be visible in the left pane of the mmc window.

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