This Help file contains context-sensitive Help for Microsoft Management Console dialog box controls.

You can see an individual topic by opening the dialog box, clicking the question mark button in the title bar, and then clicking the item you want to know about.

You can get Help about administrative procedures for your consoles by opening Microsoft Management Console and using the Help menu.


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 available packages you can add to a console.


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 whether  users can  save changes to a console.


 Displays the name of the console. To change the name, click the Console tab, and in the box next to the icon, type the new name.


Specifies whether to show taskpad view as the default view.


Specifies whether the console overrides the default access mode and opens in author mode.


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


Click to change the icon 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.


Displays the name of the ActiveX control.


Specifies the complete path of the item pointed to by the shortcut and provides a space for you to type a new path. The path can be one of many types of items, such as a file, folder, part of a document, printer, or a computer on your network.


Specifies the folder that contains the original item or some related files and provides a space for you to type a new folder name. Sometimes programs need to use files from other locations.


Specifies how you want to display the item when you open the shortcut: in a standard window, in a full screen (maximized), or as a button on the taskbar (minimized).


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


Click to change the icon for the shortcut. This does not change the icon for the original item.


Specifies  the name for the URL and provides a space for you to type a new URL. This does not have 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 items added to the console.


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.


Lists the items in the console tree.

To view the items under a given item on the console tree, click the item in Snap-ins added to. 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 in Snap-ins added to under the item selected.

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.


Click to remove 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 that have been added to 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.

You can also double-click an item listed in the area under Snap-ins added to to move down 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.


Select to enable all extensions that are available on this computer for the item selected under Snap-ins that can be extended.