When you try to open Active Directory Users and Computers tool you see the following error:
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library error; "The Application has requested the runtime to terminate it in a unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information"
If you click OK, you see the following debugging information:
Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: mmc.exe Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000 Application Timestamp: 47919524 Fault Module Name: msvcrt.dll Fault Module Version: 7.0.6001.18000 Fault Module Timestamp: 4791ad6b Exception Code: 40000015 Exception Offset: 0000000000029b06 OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.272.7 Locale ID: 3081 Additional Information 1: 43aa Additional Information 2: cf3a46656318492c1997480001b6b0e0 Additional Information 3: 3837 Additional Information 4: 92f72e0d0589ff77cef51e0a413aeff6 Read our privacy statement: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409
1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services (dssite.msc) 2. Click File, click Options, and then click Disk Cleanup 3. Click Delete Files This TechNet Wiki article was inspired by the following Directory Services forum post: Cannot run Active Directory Users and Computers http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverDS/thread/a008db89-2f06-4a8f-b8e4-c174fc40daf4
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Interesting article.