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Microsoft Management Console Troubleshooting: An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist

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Issue

Sometimes you try to open "Microsoft Management Console (MMC)" and you receive the error

"An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist".

Root cause

This error may be caused by corrupt files

Solution:

Open a Command Prompt (CMD) in ELEVATED MODE (run as administrator) and navigate to %WINDIR%\System32 and re-register the required DLL files using the following command:

For /F %s in ('dir /b *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %s