This Help file contains pop-up Help for Microsoft Management Console dialog box controls.

To get Help on a specific item, click the question mark button in the title bar of a dialog box, and then click the item.

To get Help about administering MMC consoles, on the Help menu, click Help Topics.


Provides a space for you to type the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a file on your disk, your network, or the World Wide Web.


Lists the access options for this console. The complete access allowed by Author Mode may be unnecessary for users who do not need to create or change MMC consoles.


Specifies and provides a space for you to type the name of the console.


Click to change the icon that is used to represent the console.


Displays the icon that is used to represent the console. Click Change Icon to select a different icon.


Displays a description of the access option that is selected in Console mode.


Specifies whether users can save changes to a console.


Specifies whether users can add windows rooted on items in the console.


Specifies whether users can right-click and view commands that are available for objects on taskpads.

If you clear this check box, right-clicking an object on a taskpad does not display a shortcut menu.


When you modify how consoles are displayed (for example, by changing the size of a window or adding a new window), MMC saves these settings in a file that preserves your personal settings. Clicking  Delete Files deletes the personal settings file. Only the settings that are associated with your profile are deleted. MMC will then display consoles using the default display settings. This option is useful if you want to restore the default display settings or if disk space is low. The personal settings file records all changes that are made by a user that accesses a console in user-mode. Changes that are made by a user that accesses a console in author-mode are saved to the console file instead.


When you modify how consoles are displayed (for example, by changing the size of a window or adding a new window), MMC saves these settings in a file that preserves your personal settings. Clicking  Delete Files deletes the personal settings file. Only the settings that are associated with your profile are deleted. MMC will then display consoles using the default display settings. This option is useful if you want to restore the default display settings or if disk space is low. The personal settings file records all changes that are made by a user that accesses a console in user-mode. Changes that are made by a user that accesses a console in author-mode are saved to the console file instead.


Click to add a new folder to the Favorites tab.

The new folder will be located under the folder you selected in Create in. To change the location, click a different folder in Create in.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the new folder.


Displays the folders on the Favorites tab. To add a taskpad view or other item to a specific folder, click the folder.


Click to add a new folder to the Favorites tab.

The new folder will be located under the selected folder. To change the location, click a different folder.


Click to delete the selected folder. All the folder contents are also deleted.


Describes the selected item.


Click to move the selected item to a different folder.


Displays the name of the selected item.


Click to rename the selected item.


Displays the folders and other items on the Favorites tab. To work with a folder or an item, click the folder or item.


To move an item or taskpad view to a different folder, click the folder.


Specifies whether only the rows that you selected in the details pane are saved.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the new folder.


Displays the name of the ActiveX control.


Specifies the name for the URL and provides a space for you to type a new URL. The name does not need to match the name of the original item pointed to by the URL.


Specifies the URL for a file on your disk, your network, or the World Wide Web and provides a space for you to type a new URL.


Click to open the folder that contains the original item pointed to by the URL.


Click to change the icon for the URL.

This does not change the icon for the original item pointed to by the URL.


Click to view or change settings for the control. If this button is unavailable, then you cannot change any settings for the control.


Lists the available items you can add to a console. If the item you want is not in this list, you may need to install the program managed by the item.


Displays a description of the item that is selected under Available Standalone Snap-ins.


Lists the items in the console tree. To view the items under a given item on the console tree, click the item. The items are then listed in the area under Snap-ins added to.

To add a snap-in or other item under a listed item, double-click the item to move down one level in the console tree.


Lists the items under the item selected in Snap-ins added to.

To add a new snap-in or other item in the console tree at this level, click Add.


Click to add a new item to a console. The item appears in the console tree, under the item selected in Snap-ins added to.


Removes the selected item.


Click to display additional information about the selected item.

If this button is unavailable, then there is no additional information about the selected item.


Lists the items in the console that can be extended.


Lists the extensions that are available for the item selected in Snap-ins that can be extended.


Click to display additional information about the selected extension.

If this button is unavailable, then there is no additional information about the selected extension.


Displays a description of the extension that is selected under Available extensions.


Displays a description of the item that is selected in the area under Snap-ins added to.


Click to go up one level in the console tree.

If this button is unavailable, you are at the console root and cannot move any higher in the console tree.


Displays a description of the item that is selected under Available Standalone Snap-ins.


Specifies whether all extensions that are available on this computer are enabled for the item selected under Snap-ins that can be extended.


Click to install an extension snap-in from the Active Directory directory service.


Adds the selected column in Hidden columns to the list in Displayed columns.


Lists the columns for the selected item in the console tree that are currently displayed in the details pane. The top-to-bottom order of the list determines the left-to-right order of the columns in the details pane.

To hide a displayed column, click the column in Displayed columns, and then click Remove. If the Remove button is unavailable after you click a column, then you cannot hide that column.


Lists the columns for the selected item in the console tree that are not currently displayed in the details pane. To display a hidden column, click the column in Hidden columns, and then click Add.


Click to move the selected column down the list in Displayed columns. The top- to- bottom order of the list determines the left-to-right order of the columns in the details pane.

If the Move Down button is unavailable, then you cannot move the selected column any further down the list.


Click to move the selected column up the list in Displayed columns. The top-to-bottom order of the list determines the left-to-right order of the columns in the details pane.

If the Move Up button is unavailable, then you cannot move the selected column any further up the list.


Hides the selected column in Displayed columns and moves it to the list in Hidden columns.


Resets the column display to the default view for the selected item in the console tree.


Specifies whether to display the console tree.


Specifies whether to display the description bar above the details pane.

The description bar provides information about the selected item in the console tree.


Specifies whether to display snap-in toolbars for any snap-ins that have toolbars.


Specifies whether to display snap-in menus on the menu bar for any snap-ins that have menus.


Specifies whether to display the status bar at the bottom of the MMC console window.


Specifies whether to display the standard MMC toolbar. The standard toolbar provides buttons to navigate backward, forward, and up; to show or hide the console tree; and to open Help for MMC and any added snap-ins.


Specifies whether to display the Action and View menus.


Specifies whether to display tabs for navigating in a taskpad.


There is no additional information available for this item.


Displays the organization that created or provides support for the snap-in.


Describes what the snap-in does.


Displays the name of the snap-in.


Displays the version number of the snap-in. If you request technical support, you may be asked for the version number.


Click to select the item acted on by this command.


Click to locate the command-line item.


Click to locate the folder that contains the original command-line item or related files.


Specifies and provides a space for you to type the executable file or other command-line item.


Specifies and provides a space for you to type command-line options. You can click the button to the right to specify console tree components.


Lists the available window display options for the item when a user runs the command-line task: in a sizeable window (normal), in a full screen (maximized), or as a button on the taskbar (minimized).


Specifies the folder that contains the original item or related files and provides a space for you to type a new folder name. Programs may need to use files from other locations. Therefore, you need to specify the folder where these files are located so that the program can find them.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the task. You can specify whether to display task descriptions as text on the taskpad or in a pop-up window when the pointer is moved over a task.


Provides a space for you to type a name for the task that identifies the task on the taskpad.


Describes what the selected icon explicitly symbolizes.


Suggests alternative, less implicit meanings for the selected icon.


Click a symbol to associate with a task. The selected symbol identifies the task on the taskpad.


Specifies that this taskpad view is used only for the selected item on the console tree.


Specifies whether this taskpad is displayed in the details pane when a user clicks the corresponding item in the console tree.


Specifies that this taskpad view is used for the selected item on the console tree and for any item of the same type.


Click to set taskpad view and other taskpad options.


Describes the best use for the selected style for the details pane.


Specifies that the console items managed by the taskpad are listed above the tasks. This option provides more horizontal space to display multiple columns.


Lists the available sizes (amount of space) that the list of console items uses on the taskpad.


Specifies that only tasks are displayed on the taskpad. The console items managed by the taskpad are not listed.


Hides the Standard tab which displays default details for the snap-in. Select this check box if the taskpad makes the Standard tab redundant.


Specifies that task descriptions are displayed as text on the taskpad.

Click this option to assist users that are less familiar with the tasks on the taskpad.


Specifies that task descriptions are displayed in a pop-up window when the user moves the pointer over a task.

Click this option to allow more space on the taskpad for tasks or the list of console items managed by the taskpad.


Specifies that the console items managed by the taskpad are listed to the left of the tasks. This option provides more vertical space to display multiple rows in a long list.


Provides a place for you to type the purpose of the taskpad. The description appears beneath the taskpad name at the top the details pane.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the taskpad. The taskpad name appears at the top of the details pane.


Displays a thumbnail view of the taskpad with the selected styles and list size.


Lists the tasks in the order they are displayed on the taskpad.


Click to change the name, description, or icon for the selected task.


Click to move the selected task down the list under Display these tasks.


Click to move the selected task up the list under Display these tasks.


Click to add a new task to the taskpad.


Removes the selected task from the taskpad.