missing Administrative Tools icons

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bobby

I was fiddling with user accounts (not administrator) and
now the administrative tools has none of the icons left.
The administrator account still says its a member of
administrators group but the icons are missing.

Any help is welcome.

PS: My first post to this forum. Sorry if this is not the
proper group to post such a question.
 
Hi Bobby,

The Administrative Tools shortcuts are stored in the following folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

If this folder is empty you can repopulate it by creating shortcuts in the folder.
For Windows 2000 Professional the folder contains the following shortcuts:

TARGET NAME
C:\WINNT\system32\Com\comexp.msc Component Services
C:\WINNT\system32\compmgmt.msc Computer Management
C:\WINNT\system32\odbccp32.cpl Data Sources (ODBC).
C:\WINNT\system32\eventvwr.msc Event Viewer
C:\WINNT\system32\secpol.msc Local Security Policy
C:\WINNT\system32\perfmon.msc Performance
C:\WINNT\system32\services.msc Services
C:\WINNT\system32\tlntadmn.exe Telnet Server Administration.

If the folder is not empty then perhaps the registry entry for Common Administrative
Tools is pointing to the incorrect location. To check do the following:

- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open text box, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Locate the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

- Check the Common Administrative Tools string value and, if necessary, modify the
text in the Value data text box to point to the following folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

And if neither of those suggestions help and you have some idea of what you were
doing around the time the icons disappeared, repost with specifics.

BTW, since there is no indication from your post that this issue has anything to do
with security I more appropriate forum would have been
microsoft.public.win2000.general

--
Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "bobby" <abrarhh AT yahoo DOT co DOT in>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:53 AM
:
: I was fiddling with user accounts (not administrator) and
: now the administrative tools has none of the icons left.
: The administrator account still says its a member of
: administrators group but the icons are missing.
:
: Any help is welcome.
:
: PS: My first post to this forum. Sorry if this is not the
: proper group to post such a question.
 
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