Situation: You may not be able to run MMC by typing mmc in the search bar in of a new Windows such as Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019.
When you click on it, it doesn’t do anything Or you may get this message: “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item”.
Resolution 1: Run mmc.exe from File Explorer. •Open the File Explorer. • Type mmc.exe
- Press Enter
- Microsoft Management Console will open.
Resolution 2: Run mmc.exe from the system32 folder
•Open the File Explorer
•Navigate to C:\Windows\System32
•Double-click on mmc
Resolution 3: Run mmc.exe from Command Prompt
•Type cmd in the Search Bar
•Right click on Command Prompt
•Click on Run as administrator.
•Type mmc
•Press Enter
Resolution 4: Run mmc.exe from PowerShell command
•Type powershell in the Search bar
•Click on Windows PowerShell ISE
•Type mmc
•Press Enter
Resolution 5: Restore the feature by running power shell command “Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All”
•Run PowerShell
•Type this command:
•Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V –All
•Press Enter
* Type Y and press Enter
•That will restore all features.
•You may need to restart the computer.
Please view this step by step video:
