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The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a component of Windows that provides an administrative interface for system configuration. It can be extended with _snap-ins_, which are COM or managed code components that provide the user interface for a particular administrative domain.

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a Windows application used by administrators and power users to administer a Windows system. Administration of varying domains -- such as event logs or starting and stopping [Windows service]s -- can be done within the same console.

MMC hosts components called snap-ins. These are implemented Snap-ins are extensions to the MMC executable, which hosts them and provides a window frame into which they expose their user interfaces. Traditionally, snap-ins have been implemented as COM components, but in recent releases of Windows, support is provided for snap-ins written for the managed runtime.

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"Invalid provider type specified" CryptographicException when trying to load private key of certificate

I'm trying to read the private key of a certificate which has been shared with me by a third-party service provider, so I can use it to encrypt some XML before sending it to them over the wire. I'm doing so programmatically in C#, but I think this…
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How to create a signing certificate and use it in IdentityServer4 in production?

Most (all?) the sample code on the IdentityServer4 docs site uses AddDeveloperSigningCredential(), but recommends using AddSigningCredential() instead in production. I spent more hours than I care to think about trying to figure out how to do…
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Loading/Unloading assembly in different AppDomain

I need to execute a method in an assembly loaded during runtime. Now I want to unload those loaded assemblies after the method call. I know that I need a new AppDomain so I can unload the libraries. But here, the problem arises. The assemblies going…
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remote sc OpenSCManager query failed 5 access denied

I'm writing a script that periodically checks that certain services are running on remote workstations. I'm having a devil of a time getting an "SC \workst1 query" command working from one test machine to another. Both machines are running XP pro…
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Debugger not attaching to process

I have an MMC snap-in that I am trying to debug. Currently, the following code, placed in the snap-in's constructor, works in terms of attaching the debugger to it: public MySnapIn() { #if DEBUG if (!Debugger.IsAttached) { …
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How does one create Microsoft Management console(MMC) snap-in in Delphi 2009?

Are there an wizard or templates in delphi 2009 to write a MMC console ? EDIT: Colin Wilson components look great thanks.
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How to change DCOM config identity programmatically

Is there any way to get the information about Launching identity of DCOM application programmatically. See the picture attached to understand what i mean. I tried to use WMI ManagementObjectSearcher s = new ManagementObjectSearcher(new…
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MMC could not created the snap-in SQL Server configuration manager

When i tried to connect to sql server configuration manager in sql server 2008. It shows error MMC could not create the snap-in. It was working perfectly till last night. What can be the reason, how can i solve it. But in background sql server is…
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MMC custom snap-ins installation

I have written a snap-in in c#. I tried installing it using installutil and it didn't work at first. I notice that on the msdn page they said to run mmcperf to install the management.dll into the GAC. Doing this, I was able to install my snap in…
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User account has no access to private key of Client certificate

I have a scenario where I am using certificate in my code to trigger an action. After importing certificate to my local machine and running c# code, it throws private key access issue with error 'User account has no access to private key of Client…
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open certmgr.msc from commanf line on localMachine

I need to start "certmgr.msc" from "cmd.exe" on "localMachine" repository so that I can import\export certificates. I have tried the following commands but the "certmgr.msc" keeps opening on "currentUser". certmgr.msc -s -r localMachine root mmc.exe…
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WPF in an MMC snapin

Can someone provide some sample code for using WPF in a custom MMC snapin? I'm new to WPF, and I've understood the samples for writing MMC snapins, but I do not understand how to choose WPF instead of Winforms.
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Create Group Policy for Specific Group

A question that has stumped me for a while. I know this is possible over domains using Active Directory and all the rest, but what about on a basic local machine running on a basic network with many users. Say this local machine is a communal work…
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Importing a .pfx or .p12 file to a remote certificate store is not supported

I try to use MMC with SnapIn Certificates(Remote Computer) to import a p12 certificate into the Personal Certificate Store of a remote Windows 2008 Server Core computer. Certificate Import Wizard tells me: 'Importing a .pfx or .p12 file to a remote…
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Microsoft Management Console has stopped working

I'm trying to add snap into Microsoft Management Console in windows 10. But when I try to add certificate, an error message is coming with the header Microsoft Management Console has stopped working: When I click the Debug button, Visual Studio…
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