MMC 3.0: new UI for Add/Remove Snap-in
New UI for Add/Remove Snap-in
The problem
Yesterday I downloaded MMC 3.0 (Microsoft Management Console) and installed it on a Windows Server 2003 SP1.
After reading David Aiken´s quick start labs I was eager to see the new UI for managing snap-ins in action. Disappointment aroused when, after clicking on the MMC menu File -> Add/Remove Snap-In…, the old screen (Figure 1) popped up!
Figure 1: Old Add/Remove Snap-In pop-up
Finding the Solution
The first thing I tried to do was reinstalling MMC 3.0 but still couldn’t get to see the new UI for managing snap-ins. By this time I figured out that a specific configuration was probably missing. The next step was to search Microsoft web for an answer:
“I’ve installed MMC 3.0 and was still seeing the old (Figure 1) pop-up.”
This is the solution I found to the problem (KB907265):
How to enable the new Add/Remove snap-in dialog box:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. In the left pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MMC
4. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key.
5. Type UseNewUI as the new name, and then press ENTER.
6. On the File menu, click Exit.
Finally working
When finished editing the registry I opened again the MMC. Not much seemed to have changed. The main screen looked just the same. Next I tried again to open the UI for managing Snap-Ins (File -> Add/Remove Snap-In…) and was delighted to see the new UI (Figure 2).
