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 What's this? button, and then clicking the option 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.


Type the Universal Resource Locator (URL) for a file on your disk, your network, or the Web.


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Shows the name of the ActiveX control.


Click this to view or change settings for the control. If this button is unavailable, then you cannot change any settings for the control.


Displays the complete path of the item pointed to by the shortcut. This 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. Sometimes programs need to use files from other locations. You may need to specify the folder where these files are located so the program can find them.


Specifies how you want the window 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).


Opens the folder that contains the original item pointed to by the shortcut.


Click this to change the icon for the shortcut.

This does not change the icon for the original item.


Shows the name for the 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 Web.


Opens the folder that contains the original item pointed to by the URL.


Click this to change the icon for the URL.

This does not change the icon for the original item pointed to by the URL.


Click this to view or change settings for the control. If this button is unavailable, then you cannot change any settings for the control.


Lists the snap-ins added to your console.


Lists the snap-ins that have been installed on your computer and available to add to your console.


Lists the nodes in the console tree.

To view the nodes under any node on the console tree click the node in Snap-ins added to. The nodes under the selected node are displayed below Snap-ins added to.


Displays the nodes in Snap-ins added to under the node selected.

To add a new snap-in in the console tree at this level, click Add. To display the nodes under a node, double-click the node.


Click to add a new snap-in in Snap-ins added to under the node selected.


Click this to remove the selected snap-in.


Click this to display additional information about the selected snap-in.

If this button is unavailable, then there is no additional information about the selected snap-in.


Lists the snap-ins that have been added to the console.


Lists the extensions that are available for the snap-in 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.