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The best workaround for “You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange management console”

If you have installed Internet Explorer 9, and you use Exchange 2010 SP1, you may face the problem that you cannot close the Exchange Management Console (MMC). The error you get is as follows:

image thumb The best workaround for You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange management console

“You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange management console”

This error only occurs in the specific combination of IE9 and the Exchange 2010 SP1 management console.… Read the rest

Exchange Management Console very slow at startup and when opening Configuration windows

In Exchange 2010 you may experience a less responsive Exchange Management Console (EMC). There are a few settings that may improve the speed of the EMC. Below are some actions and/or changes that you can do to resolve the issue.… Read the rest

Speed up EMS (Exchange 2007 management shell)

After a fresh installation of Exchange 2007, the Exchange Management Shell may be found very sluggish. This is because of a damaged configuration setting during installation. The script below boosts the performance of the EMS startup dramatically.

To run the script, do the following:

Open Notepad, paste the following script and save the file as “speedup-ems.ps1″

Set-Alias ngen @(
dir (join-path ${env:\windir} “Microsoft.NET\Framework64″) ngen.exe -recurse |
sort -descending lastwritetime
)[0].fullName
[appdomain]::currentdomain.getassemblies() | %{ngen $_.location}

Open the Exchange Management Shell, navigate to the location where you saved the speedup-ems.ps1 and type:

.\speedup-ems.ps1

In most cases you will not have the appropriate rights to run the script, because it is unsafe.… Read the rest