NAS Snap In error: mmc cannot intialize the snap-in

girish.joshi
girish.joshi Member Posts: 407
edited 2010-11-19 in NAV/Navision Classic Client
Has anyone seen this error before when trying to add a snap in? This is for version 5.0
Microsoft Management Console
MMC cannot initialize the snap-in.

Name: Application Server for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Manager

CLSID: {50000003-0000-1000-0001-0000836BD2D2}
OK

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  • DenSter
    DenSter Member Posts: 8,307
    That happens sometimes when you use the console that gets configured by the NAS installer. Here's what I do, and this has never failed for me:
    - Start, Run, type 'mmc', hit OK. This opens a generic Microsoft console
    - File, Add/Remove Snap-in. This opens the list of snap ins
    - browse to the NAS one, and click OK.
    - I always add the event viewer, services, and computer management too
    - Click OK. Now the snap-ins should all be listed in the console window.
    - Save the console configuration with a name on your desktop, so you don't have to add reconfigure them again

    I've been meaning to write a blog about this for ages, maybe I'll find some inspiration soon
    Daniel Rimmelzwaan
    RIS Plus, LLC
  • girish.joshi
    girish.joshi Member Posts: 407
    I follow the steps above (my usual procedure as well) and received the same error....
  • girish.joshi
    girish.joshi Member Posts: 407
    I was able to drill into the Application Server folder and run the NASMSnapIn.msc that exists there directly. However when I tried to instantiate it I received an error saying that the snap-in may not have been installed correctly.

    I didn't realize there were any special instructions for installing the snap-in...?
  • kaelaa
    kaelaa Member Posts: 28
    Hi there,

    try to install the visual c++ redistributable. it should fix it.

    I guess something iwasn't installed correctly!

    Hope it helps
  • ara3n
    ara3n Member Posts: 9,258
    Here is the link.

    http://www.mibuso.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... t=nas+snap
    Ahmed Rashed Amini
    Independent Consultant/Developer


    blog: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/b/ara3n
  • girish.joshi
    girish.joshi Member Posts: 407
    Did anyone find out why the issue occured? Is there a MS KB article on it?
  • DenSter
    DenSter Member Posts: 8,307
    Follow Rashed's link, there are links to MSFT downloads in there.
    Daniel Rimmelzwaan
    RIS Plus, LLC
  • girish.joshi
    girish.joshi Member Posts: 407
    I followed the link -- but that's "just" the solution (thank by the way :) )

    Any idea why it may have happened?
  • ara3n
    ara3n Member Posts: 9,258
    mmc uses a DLL that was not included with the installation.
    Ahmed Rashed Amini
    Independent Consultant/Developer


    blog: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/b/ara3n
  • kylehardin
    kylehardin Member Posts: 257
    I encountered this problem after installing NAV2009 SP1 NAS on Windows Server 2008 R2. Installing Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable and its SP1 did not work either. The last post about it was missing a registered DLL got me thinking to just try registering them in order until I found the missing one.

    Go to the program files directory where NAS lives - the exact directory where nas.exe and nassql.exe live.

    I believe the only one that is required is NASM.dll, but I registered them all just in case. Some of them aren't controls so you will get an error message when trying to register them - that's OK.

    regsvr32 NASM.dll

    No reboot required - the NAS snap-in instantly started working.
    Kyle Hardin - ArcherPoint

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