Active Directory Users and Computers Error: “the application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way”
August 27, 2008
UPDATE [6/19/2009]: Below is my original fix for this problem however in the comments section frymaster provided an alternative. I am no longer running Vista 64 so haven’t tested it but another user has confirmed it worked for him.
Try deleting this file:
%userprofile%\appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\dsa
It will be recreated after you shut down your MMC console.
Thanks to frymaster for the update!
[Original Post]
I installed the newest version of RSAT for Vista Service Pack 1. I am running the 64-bit Version of Vista.
After installing this newest version I got this error when trying to start Active Directory Users and Computers:
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
“the application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way”