FIX: Mmc.exe Remains in the Task List After Closing the Console Window

• Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

If you have configured SQL Server as a replication distributor and the Automatically Refresh Items Displayed Under Replication Monitor In The Server Tree option is enabled (which it is by default), it is possible to have the SQL Server Enterprise Manager window closed but the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) executable Mmc.exe remain as a process in the Windows NT Task Manager. The following sequence of events must have occurred for this to happen:

1. Replication was installed and the Automatically Refresh Items Displayed Under Replication Monitor In The Server Tree option was enabled.



2. The MSSQLServer service was then stopped.



3. The SQL Server Enterprise Manager console was closed.

CAUSE

Because the Automatically Refresh Items Displayed Under Replication Monitor In The Server Tree option is set, the Mmc.exe process remains running in the background after the window is closed, continuing to try to perform its refreshes.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem do not set the Automatically Refresh Items Displayed Under Replication Monitor In The Server Tree option.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server version 7.0. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 1 for Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0. For information about downloading and installing the latest SQL Server Service Pack, see http://support.microsoft.com/support/sql/.

For more information, contact your primary support provider.

Additional query words: repl ui admin SEM SSEM ent man entman

Keywords : SSrvEntMan SSrvRep kbbug7.00 kbSQLServ700bug
Version : winnt:7.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug