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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:51 AM
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I was messing around with my User folder late at night trying to move it back to a separate drive after
the upgrade to Win7. Unfortunately I messed up and now the Administrative Tools folder is empty
when I try to access it from the start menu.
However, they are still available from Start > Run: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
It's just the shortcut on the Start Menu that's messed up.
I like Windows 7 a lot but it's a pity that the moving back and forth of the User folder really messed
things up for me. I got tired and accidentally deleted the wrong user folder.
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:30 AM
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Hi,
If System Restore does not work, try copying the shortcuts to the correct location:
Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools folder and
copy the shortcuts to %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools folder.
If the issue persists, try creating new account as below:
Create a new user account
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1. Click the Start Button, type User Accounts in the start search pane and press Enter.
2. Click Manage use accounts.
3. Click Create a new account, and type the name.
4. Choose account type as Computer administrator.
5. Click Create Account.
6. Log off and log on with the new account.
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:56 AM
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Try using Windows 7's System Restore application.
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:30 AM
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Hi,
If System Restore does not work, try copying the shortcuts to the correct location:
Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools folder and
copy the shortcuts to %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools folder.
If the issue persists, try creating new account as below:
Create a new user account
====================
1. Click the Start Button, type User Accounts in the start search pane and press Enter.
2. Click Manage use accounts.
3. Click Create a new account, and type the name.
4. Choose account type as Computer administrator.
5. Click Create Account.
6. Log off and log on with the new account.
Vivian Xing - MSFT
Marked as answer by Ronnie Vernon MVP, Moderator Thursday, October 08, 2009 7:10 AM
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Friday, January 08, 2010 4:14 PM
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I have the same problem - Administrative Tools folder is reported empty when clicking from the
Sartup column. But when I look for it in the Appdata folder as you specified, it is also not there.
Tried making another account, but Windows 7 will not let me log on, saying the rpofile is in error.
So it must be really lost, not hidden. How do I restore it? Will doing a system restore undo all
installations and updates (of which there were many during this clean install).
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Friday, January 08, 2010 6:53 PM
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Look at what they said in the order they said it ;) System Restore first, then if that doesn't work,
follow the other methods
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Friday, April 23, 2010 7:13 AM
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I noticed your post was several months ago, but this may still be helpful. I got Windows 7 about
two weeks ago, so I'm still getting used to it. I had the same problem, but could not find any
reasonable solutions online. The current replies in this thread just create an empty folder, not the
actual program shortcuts. So.......
Browse to your system files folder. The default is "C:\Windows\System32". Find all Microsoft
Common Console Documents - its easier if you just sort by type. Then create shortcuts of
those.....and done! Plus there are some extra tools which are not displayed by default.
If you have similar problems again, right click on a similar program or file to the one you are missing
and browse to its location. Worth a shot.
Proposed as answer by nmtippmannfan Friday, April 23, 2010 7:14 AM
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:05 PM
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I do not had The file Server Manager.lnk, I found the file %windir%\\System32\OptionalFeatures.exe,
then copy and "paste as shorcut" in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools, then rename as "Server Manager"
I found the program running the links (*.lnk) what are in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools Could be more files, I have these
Component Services.lnk %windir%\system32\comexp.msc
Computer Management.lnk %windir%\system32\compmgmt.msc
Data Sources (ODBC).lnk %windir%\system32\odbcad32.exe
Event Viewer.lnk %windir%\system32\eventvwr.msc
IIS Manager.lnk %windir%\system32\inetsrv\InetMgr.exe
iSCSI Initiator.lnk %windir%\system32\iscsicpl.exe
Memory Diagnostics Tool.lnk %windir%\system32\MdSched.exe
Performance Monitor.lnk %windir%\system32\perfmon.msc
Print Management.lnk %windir%\system32\printmanagement.msc
Security Configuration Management.lnk %windir%\system32\secpol.msc
Server Manager.lnk %windir%\\System32\OptionalFeatures.exe
services.lnk %windir%\system32\services.msc
System Configuration.lnk %windir%\system32\msconfig.exe
Task Scheduler.lnk %windir%\system32\taskschd.msc
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.lnk %windir%\system32\WF.msc
Windows PowerShell Modules.lnk
%windir%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
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Sunday, July 29, 2012 6:43 PM
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ED_LG Thanks for this list a roque virus blew mine away.
You had a couple that i could not find that's normal I guess I wonder if somebody else had another
list with a few other things on it
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