Computer Context menu - Manage not working

enriquep said:

onlytanmoy said:

BodgeIT said:

This did it for me. Much nicer fix than having to copy in old Vista files, but thanks for all the efforts to resolve this, it was a PITA.

that did the trick for me as well thanks a lot Tyseyh.

This is a really old thread, but for others who might be interested... Tyseyh's tip also worked for me

I havent tried it but will surely do it and iam sure it will work, thanks all for saving my time. god bless you all

Tyseyh said:

hello everyone iv been reading through all the posts here and someone was right about the reg key except the one posted here didnt work for me. my problem was Right click my Computer - manage- Loading circle for a sec then goes. Thats it, nothing. I added this key that i found somewhere else an it works just fine. I wish i knew the site which i got it from.

Anyway please by all means check it make sure its not malicious or anything ( If thats even possible from a reg key ) id imagine it could be. Anyway here it is but please be warned this isnt my key, i didnt find the solution i simply found a site with the solution.

Here is it :)

Just signed up to say thanks, this worked for me too! Will stick around on these forums

Before I read tomvdp's solution, I found an alternate that worked as well. It was posted on the windows community site, and it worked when NO other solution worked. Specifically, I changed:

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Common Administrative Tools" setting=%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Tools & Utils\Admin Tools

Voila!

That is where I move all my tools to. As for many others, the manage link had worked until very recently, and I don't know what caused it to break, but I found the change above did the trick. I have also made the change tomvdp suggested, and that does not cause it not to work, so I'm going to leave both in place. We'll see what happens.

Cheers.

I had the same problem and fixed it with a registry modification.
Go to the CLSID key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and find the computer icon key:

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Go to the sub-key shell\manage\command

Change the value of command from: %SystemRoot%\system32\CompMgmtLauncher.exe
to: mmc %SystemRoot%\system32\compmgmt.msc

This changes Manage right click to use the msc directly instead of calling the launcher.
Works every time!

Also repairs similar complaint that right clicking Manage brings up a window stating no program is associated with launcher.