MMC could not create the snap-in

• asifejaz

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  October 16, 2008 at 11:44 pm

  #128068

  HI ALL,

  I Installed SQL 2000 and it was working fine. I have to upgrade it to SQL 2005. I installed SQL 2005 in separate directory and with separate instance name to avoid upgradation.

  I have to uninstall sQL 2005 . I did it and then i try to open EM it gives me error

  "MMC Could not create the snap-in."

  Please help in this error as i dont want to restore the database after installing a fresh copy of SQL 2000 again.

  I google on it and havent found any solution.

  Thanks in advance.

  Asif

• john j serna

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  January 19, 2010 at 12:06 pm

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  Hi, you must to intall Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility Components, you can download it here:

  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d09c1d60-a13c-4479-9b91-9e8b9d835cdc&displaylang=en

  After this, exec this in the run command:

  regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\sqlmmc.dll"

  it worked for me.

• JDRocket

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  September 30, 2010 at 9:09 am

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  This also worked for me!! Thanks!

• parulpriya10

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  February 7, 2012 at 1:25 am

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  I also faced this problem while opening the configuration manger it showed "MMC could not create the snap-in". The issue was with missing DLL "ATL80.dll". It was there at location “C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.ATL_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.42_x-ww_6e805841”. It happens because the sqlwb.exe look for that dll. Please refer http://blogs.technet.com/b/taraj/archive/2009/01/07/microsoft-document-explorer-cannot-find-one-or-more-components-please-reinstall-the-application.aspx for more detail