Windows 2000 System Log Crash

"mmc.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows"

I ran into this today when clicking on the system event log. I was troubleshooting a write caching issue with the Windows 2000 box I was working on and found that when I clicked on the system log, the mmc crashed with the above error.

I wrote this in the case maybe you did some searches to figure out a way around it.

You could try this.

If you had the same problem as I did, then every time you click on the system log, mmc goes boom. However, you should still be able to right-click on it and go to properties.

Most likely, your system log is corrupted. So clear it and start from scratch. All the options you need are available by right-clicking and choosing properties.

My recommendation would be to export the log file as a CSV before clearing the log. If you export it as an EVT file, you're not going to be able to open it after (if it's corrupted).

This cleared up the problem for me, and events were again logged to the system event log after reboot.