You can use MMC in author mode to create new consoles or modify existing consoles. To create an administrative tool, you add snap-ins and other items to a console. You can create additional console windows that provide views of the various items that make up a console. You can also create taskpad views that contain shortcut links to run menu commands from different locations and tools in the console, as well as run command-line functions. After a console is saved, you can distribute it to users.
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