INFO: Queues Not Viewable in MSMQ Explorer

• Microsoft Message Queue Server version 1.0

SUMMARY

Certain types of queues are not viewable through the Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ) Explorer.

MORE INFORMATION

MSMQ Explorer shows public queues that are viewable by default. With an extra step, you can view a computer's private queues. To see the private queues, right-click on the machine name in MSMQ Explorer, and select Show Private Queues. Note that if you do a Refresh in MSMQ Explorer, you will no longer see the private queues. In this case, you must select the option again. This behavior is by design.

In addition to these queues, there are system queues that are used exclusively for internal Falcon operation. These are interim transmission queues that clients and servers use to store and forward messages on their way to the destination queue. These interim transmission queues are not viewable through MSMQ Explorer. This behavior is by design.

Knowing how this behavior works is useful if you are browsing the enterprise, looking for a sent message. If that message is in one of these internal queues at that moment, it will not appear in MSMQ Explorer.

MSMQ Explorer, like any other Falcon application, shows only contents of queues that it has access rights to open. So there may be pubic queues whose contents are not viewable in MSMQ Explorer.

REFERENCES

For more information, search for Microsoft Message Queue Server at:

   http://support.microsoft.com/support/default.asp