Patch Tuesday updates bricked Event Viewer? Use this fix

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Updated onMay 18, 2020

updated onMay 18, 2020

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Microsoft confirmed that theJune 2019 Patch Tuesday updatesintroduced a new issue for Windows users. The Redmond giant says that these updates trigger a bug in the Event Viewer app when you use Customer Views.

This issue affects all those users who updated their devices with the security-only updates, monthly rollups, and cumulative updates released on this Patch Tuesday edition.

According to the officialsupport note, this problem affected almost all versions of Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows Server.

Microsoft explained the issue in the following manner:

When trying to expand, view or createCustom Viewsin Event Viewer, you may receive the error, “MMC has detected an error in a snap-in and will unload it.” and the app may stop responding or close. You may also receive the same error usingFilter Current Login theActionmenu with built-in views or logs. Built-in views and other features of Event Viewer should work as expected.

How to fixEvent Viewerbugs after update

The good news is Microsoft suggested a temporary workaround to fix the issue. The tech giant says that you should launch PowerShellwith administrator privileges.

Microsoft promised to release a permanent solution in late June. However, you can use this method to create new views and seecustom views that already exist.

Microsoft will release a new batch of cumulative updates in two weeks’ time.Meanwhile, you can develop custom scripts to fix the issue on a temporary basis.

Alternatively, you can also use one of theseevent viewer software solutions.

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