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

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:...
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

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" <> wrote in message
news:...
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:...
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

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:...
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" <> wrote in message
news:...
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:...
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

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" <> wrote in message
news:%235vh7%...
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:...
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" <> wrote in message
news:...
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:...
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

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:...
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" <> wrote in message
news:%235vh7%...
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:...
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" <> wrote in message
news:...
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:...
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

Odd, they're all nice programs.

Thanks much,
James

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
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:...
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" <> wrote in message
news:%235vh7%...
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:...
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" <> wrote in message
news:...
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:...
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

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" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>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:...
>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" <> wrote in message
>news:%235vh7%. ..
>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:...
>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" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>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

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
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

Just being nice.

"Steve Urbach" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 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" <> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>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:...
>>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" <> wrote in message
>>news:%235vh7%.. .
>>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:...
>>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" <> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>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