Invoking an MMC Snap-in function from Windows command shell: is it possible?

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Published on 2010-05-04T07:59:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 8:08 UTC
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Sorry for the cross post on Superuser, but I cannot see any answer to my question, so I try to ask the same question here.

I need to execute a MMC Snap-in function from the Command Shell of a Windows computer. I need it to schedule this command in the same Windows PC and executes in background.

Probably this questions could seem a little bit strange but I have a program that creates a debug log only through its MMC Snap-in console. And I need to automatise this task to programatically read this log!

Dows anyone know how to do this?

thanks

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