Errors when opening MSMQ dead letter queue

If you receive the following error message:

Error opening MSMQ Dead Letter Queue - Access is Denied for 
queue MACHINE=98b76660-4198-11d2-bb6f-0000f8789ea8;DEADXACT

then you should grant the Local Administrator group full control of the message queues on all computers running the following:

To grant full control to the Local Administrator group

  1. Run Microsoft Message Queue Explorer.

  2. Expand the required site.

  3. Select the appropriate computer.

  4. Right-click the computer and then, on the context menu, select Properties.

  5. On the Security tab, click Permissions.

  6. In the Computer Permissions dialog box, select Add.

  7. In the Add Users and Groups dialog box, select the Administrators group in the List Names From box.

  8. Click Add, and then click OK until you have returned to the main Message Queue Explorer dialog box.