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03-25-2007
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| | No Administrative Tools When I double click Administrative Tools either from the control panel or the start menu it brings up explorer and the folder is empty. How can I get to these settings and tools?? Thanks, James |
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03-25-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools Hi James, Are the shortcuts for various admin tools present in the following folder? "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools" If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:u85wLdsbHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... When I double click Administrative Tools either from the control panel or the start menu it brings up explorer and the folder is empty. How can I get to these settings and tools?? Thanks, James |
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03-25-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools The links are now back in the folder, thanks much. Although I don't know how or why they became missing. Thanks again, James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:e3GYmitbHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi James, Are the shortcuts for various admin tools present in the following folder? "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools" If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:u85wLdsbHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... When I double click Administrative Tools either from the control panel or the start menu it brings up explorer and the folder is empty. How can I get to these settings and tools?? Thanks, James |
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03-25-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools Thanks for the feedback, James. Did you run a third-party cleaner or a tweak program recently? -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:e50bfwtbHHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... The links are now back in the folder, thanks much. Although I don't know how or why they became missing. Thanks again, James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:e3GYmitbHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi James, Are the shortcuts for various admin tools present in the following folder? "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools" If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:u85wLdsbHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... When I double click Administrative Tools either from the control panel or the start menu it brings up explorer and the folder is empty. How can I get to these settings and tools?? Thanks, James |
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03-25-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools Actually I did. I have TweakVI installed. 3 cleaners I've tried over the past week or so - One Click Cleanup, CClean, and Ace Utilities. I can't imagine a 3rd party cleaner thinking the shortcuts in the Administrative Tools folder are broken shortcuts, junk or unneeded files. I'll start paying a little more attention to what these programs are removing. James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:%235vh7%23tbHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... Thanks for the feedback, James. Did you run a third-party cleaner or a tweak program recently? -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:e50bfwtbHHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... The links are now back in the folder, thanks much. Although I don't know how or why they became missing. Thanks again, James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:e3GYmitbHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi James, Are the shortcuts for various admin tools present in the following folder? "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools" If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:u85wLdsbHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... When I double click Administrative Tools either from the control panel or the start menu it brings up explorer and the folder is empty. How can I get to these settings and tools?? Thanks, James |
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03-26-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools Must be caused by one of those cleaner programs, James. This is the 2nd time I'm seeing this issue in the newsgroups. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:OczS0cwbHHA.4720@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Actually I did. I have TweakVI installed. 3 cleaners I've tried over the past week or so - One Click Cleanup, CClean, and Ace Utilities. I can't imagine a 3rd party cleaner thinking the shortcuts in the Administrative Tools folder are broken shortcuts, junk or unneeded files. I'll start paying a little more attention to what these programs are removing. James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:%235vh7%23tbHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... Thanks for the feedback, James. Did you run a third-party cleaner or a tweak program recently? -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:e50bfwtbHHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... The links are now back in the folder, thanks much. Although I don't know how or why they became missing. Thanks again, James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:e3GYmitbHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi James, Are the shortcuts for various admin tools present in the following folder? "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools" If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:u85wLdsbHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... When I double click Administrative Tools either from the control panel or the start menu it brings up explorer and the folder is empty. How can I get to these settings and tools?? Thanks, James |
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03-26-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools Odd, they're all nice programs. Thanks much, James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:un5vvb2bHHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... Must be caused by one of those cleaner programs, James. This is the 2nd time I'm seeing this issue in the newsgroups. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:OczS0cwbHHA.4720@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Actually I did. I have TweakVI installed. 3 cleaners I've tried over the past week or so - One Click Cleanup, CClean, and Ace Utilities. I can't imagine a 3rd party cleaner thinking the shortcuts in the Administrative Tools folder are broken shortcuts, junk or unneeded files. I'll start paying a little more attention to what these programs are removing. James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:%235vh7%23tbHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... Thanks for the feedback, James. Did you run a third-party cleaner or a tweak program recently? -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:e50bfwtbHHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... The links are now back in the folder, thanks much. Although I don't know how or why they became missing. Thanks again, James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:e3GYmitbHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi James, Are the shortcuts for various admin tools present in the following folder? "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools" If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message news:u85wLdsbHHA.4716@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... When I double click Administrative Tools either from the control panel or the start menu it brings up explorer and the folder is empty. How can I get to these settings and tools?? Thanks, James |
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03-26-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:21:18 -0400, "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote: >Odd, they're all nice programs. *NOT* if one is making a basic mistake like this :/ S > >Thanks much, >James > >"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message >news:un5vvb2bHHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >Must be caused by one of those cleaner programs, James. This is the 2nd time >I'm seeing this issue in the newsgroups. > >-- >Regards, > >Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] >Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com > > >"JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message >news:OczS0cwbHHA.4720@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >Actually I did. I have TweakVI installed. 3 cleaners I've tried over >the past week or so - One Click Cleanup, CClean, and Ace Utilities. >I can't imagine a 3rd party cleaner thinking the shortcuts in the >Administrative Tools folder are broken shortcuts, junk or unneeded files. >I'll start paying a little more attention to what these programs are >removing. > >James > >"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message >news:%235vh7%23tbHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >Thanks for the feedback, James. Did you run a third-party cleaner or a tweak >program recently? > >-- >Regards, > >Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] >Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com > > >"JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message >news:e50bfwtbHHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >The links are now back in the folder, thanks much. Although I don't know >how or why they became missing. > >Thanks again, >James > >"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message >news:e3GYmitbHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >Hi James, > >Are the shortcuts for various admin tools present in the following folder? > >"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools" > >If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: > >http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip |
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03-26-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:e3GYmitbHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi James, If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com Hi, Ramesh Many of these Vista shortcuts work equally well on WXP. The following ones do not: work on my WxpProSP2 stytem. I assume some or all of them are available through a different shortcut or perhaps require a download from Microsoft. Can you help? I successfully changed the system configuration shortcut to point to C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\msconfig.exe 1) iSCSI Initiator - %SystemRoot%\system32\iscsicpl.exe 2) Memory Diagnostics Tool - %SystemRoot%\system32\MdSched.exe 3) Print Management - %systemroot%\system32\printmanagement.msc 4) Task Scheduler - %SystemRoot%\system32\taskschd.msc /s 5) Windows Firewall with Advanced Security - %SystemRoot%\system32\WF.msc |
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03-26-2007
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| | Re: No Administrative Tools Just being nice. "Steve Urbach" <dragonsclaw@NOTmindspring.com> wrote in message news:8hkf03t4vhfgaggvvsggvs2f2ordt7stsi@4ax.com... > On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:21:18 -0400, "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> > wrote: > >>Odd, they're all nice programs. > *NOT* if one is making a basic mistake like this :/ > S > >> >>Thanks much, >>James >> >>"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message >>news:un5vvb2bHHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>Must be caused by one of those cleaner programs, James. This is the 2nd >>time >>I'm seeing this issue in the newsgroups. >> >>-- >>Regards, >> >>Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] >>Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com >> >> >>"JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message >>news:OczS0cwbHHA.4720@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>Actually I did. I have TweakVI installed. 3 cleaners I've tried over >>the past week or so - One Click Cleanup, CClean, and Ace Utilities. >>I can't imagine a 3rd party cleaner thinking the shortcuts in the >>Administrative Tools folder are broken shortcuts, junk or unneeded files. >>I'll start paying a little more attention to what these programs are >>removing. >> >>James >> >>"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message >>news:%235vh7%23tbHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>Thanks for the feedback, James. Did you run a third-party cleaner or a >>tweak >>program recently? >> >>-- >>Regards, >> >>Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] >>Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com >> >> >>"JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message >>news:e50bfwtbHHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>The links are now back in the folder, thanks much. Although I don't know >>how or why they became missing. >> >>Thanks again, >>James >> >>"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message >>news:e3GYmitbHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>Hi James, >> >>Are the shortcuts for various admin tools present in the following folder? >> >>"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative >>Tools" >> >>If the shortcuts are missing, you can download them from here: >> >>http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/v...admintools.zip |
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