One of the things that annoys me about MMC is the inability to remove column sort orders. In particular I like the default sort order for the DNS Manager snap-in, but once a column sort order has been applied there is no way inside the MMC console to remove column sort orders to revert to the default unsorted view.
The only way to restore the default view is to remove the customisation file for the MMC snap-in in question.
The MMC snap-in preferences files are located at:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\MMC
Make sure the MMC snap-in is closed, then rename the snap-in preference file by adding a suffix like “-old”. Restart the MMC snap-in and it will be reset to its default settings.
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Thanks! I had the exact same issue (wanted the default DNS manager sort back).
Wonderful article, thanks for putting this together! This is obviously one great post. Thanks for the valuable information and insights you have so provided here.
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If you want to avoid deleting all the contents of the file (as with its rename) then the file in question (for example "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\MMC\dnsmgmt") is an xml-like file and can be edited with a text editor; search for the string "sort", a line like "" is found; delete the line and save the file, the sort is restored.
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