Control panel device manager won't let me in

[Frankie Deschacht]

Whenever I go to Control Panel->Performance and
Maintenance->System->Hardware Tab->Device Manager,
a window pops up saying "MMC failed toinitialize because
it was installed incorrectly or because a portion of the
registry has become corrupted.Make sure the file
Mmcndmgr.dll is registered by running regsvr32%SystemRoot%
\System32\mmcndmgr.dll"
Trying to enter this from Start->Run does not help at all.
How can I fix this and gain access to my device manager
again?
PS. I do have RegVac and WinXPRescue should they be able
to help, also, I am running Win XP Home Edition.

An help will be much appreciated.
TIA,
Frankie.

[Maureen Goldman]

>"Frankie Deschacht" > wrote:
>Whenever I go to Control Panel->Performance and
>Maintenance->System->Hardware Tab->Device Manager,
>a window pops up saying "MMC failed toinitialize because
>it was installed incorrectly or because a portion of the
>registry has become corrupted.Make sure the file
>Mmcndmgr.dll is registered by running regsvr32%SystemRoot%
>\System32\mmcndmgr.dll"
>Trying to enter this from Start->Run does not help at all.

Did registration succeed? You only really need
RUN
regsvr32 mmcndmgr.dll
(then enter)

>How can I fix this and gain access to my device manager
>again?
>PS. I do have RegVac and WinXPRescue should they be able
>to help, also, I am running Win XP Home Edition.

You can also get to Device Manager via
RUN
devmgmt.msc
(enter)