The DNS management console fails to update or gets “stuck”

Another quick tip here.  I recently had a DNS (Domain Name System) console that was failing to update.  I knew that DNS was functioning properly and that all the records were there.  They were just not showing up on this particular server.  This is actually a pretty easy fix.

To reset the DNS console, or most mmc consoles, you just need to delete the settings file.  There is a settings file for each user that has logged in.  This file is located at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC\dnsmgmt.  You may notice other files in this directory.  Those files are the settings files for their respective mmc consoles.

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