Can't Find Accessories

D3ftOn3Z said:

I don't know if this works for you. You may want to try this method. Go to "Control panel", select "Folder options". Under the view tab, check "Show hidden files, folders and drives" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". Now navigate your explorer to C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/StartMenu/Programs/Accessories. Is the folder there?

Thanks! It was there, but somehow does not show up in Startup when I go to msconfig, Startup. So, what I did once I found it was to create a shortcut to the desktop. It does contain all the accessories features, not the very limited version I was able to find elswhere. So, it is still not in startup, but is very handy on the desktop. Thanks to you and the others for the suggestions!

JoeyC2 said:

D3ftOn3Z said:

I don't know if this works for you. You may want to try this method. Go to "Control panel", select "Folder options". Under the view tab, check "Show hidden files, folders and drives" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". Now navigate your explorer to C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/StartMenu/Programs/Accessories. Is the folder there?

Thanks! It was there, but somehow does not show up in Startup when I go to msconfig, Startup. So, what I did once I found it was to create a shortcut to the desktop. It does contain all the accessories features, not the very limited version I was able to find elswhere. So, it is still not in startup, but is very handy on the desktop. Thanks to you and the others for the suggestions!

You're welcome.Glad you got it sort out.

sorry to drag up an old thread however we are seeing this issue.

We have a Users OU which has a mixture of XP Users and a few Windows 7 Pilot users. Currently we dont wish to seperate users due to our Business System being linked to the Users OU only.

We have numberous lockdowns applied to the users OU, including such things like hiding the control panel, inability to see context mensu or unable to use run command. For whatever reason one of these many policies is blocking the Accessories Menu in Windows 7.

If the User Account is moved into another OU then the Accessories Menu appears at login. NTFS permissions appear ok.

Hoping there is a single policy that is blocking the accessories from showing

I'm still here learning. I did what whs posted.(Start > right click on All Programs > Open all users > open the Programs folder and see whether you can find the Accessories in there ( normally 1st or 2nd in line). This should be a complete set.) It worked for me so I added a desktop Icon.

I'm slowly taking a look see at it. I think so far anybody looking for this would like God Mode.

I had the same problem and found the solution that worked for me...

go check to see if your AppData folder is hidden
with a red exclamation mark ! ... it should be

now open it to see your other folders Local, Roaming, System...etc
if these are marked as hidden w/red !

then this is the problem

right click on the AppData folder /properties /General tab
you'll see a "Hidden" box "UN"check it then Apply
then check "Apply changes to this folder sub folders and files"

this will take a few minutes

when finished start again... right click on the AppData folder /properties /General tab ...etc

but this time check "Hidden" and "Apply changes to this folder only" ...
this will take just a second

this worked for me...

cheers

And what about this - there is everything:
C:\ProgramData (that is hidden folder) \Microsoft\Windows\Startup menu\Programs\Accessories
Hope this helps.

I knew, it just didn't seem they've sorted it out