Windows 7 64 bit Administrative tools Troubleshoot

[Lauj]

Hi all,

wait a minute. The reason I made this post is because all of the methods I tried in the posted Threads/forums did not help me in fixing my Administrative tools.

The problem: I am able to access my Administrative tools in its default location
by right click>All Programs>Open All Users, but not able to open it from the startup
shortcut or through control Panel. A message pops up and says its missing like the one shown here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/29965-administrative-tools-restore-shortcuts.html

But it is not missing. Every tool is there. The folder is there. What is wrong? I replaced it with the one I found through the forums here, but that didn't help.

What I did: Install Windows 7>Solid State Drive (E>Create New user onto HHD (F drive. I was missing the startup programs So I Copied the startup program folder from drive (E onto drive (F. And tried to access Administrative tools and says it's missing, but the file is there where the directory suggest it is missing.

Any help is appreciated thanks.

 

[seth500]

Did a reboot of the computer do anything, it could be a registry error..

 

[Brink]

Hello Lauj, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Double check the Shell Folder key registry (regedit) locations below to see if they still have the same path displayed for the Administrative Tools and Common Administratrive Tools DWORD values in the right pane as below.

(substitute Tuffy in the path with your user account name instead)


(this path should be exact)


Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Suegit]

sorry to interrupt but I also cannot find my admisistrative tools
my registry is just like you posted
what do I do now
thanks

 

[Brink]

Hello Suegit,

Did you already check to see if this below may help?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/29965-administrative-tools-restore-shortcuts.html

 

[Suegit]

when I go to control panel and click on administrative I get a message that it is unavailable

 

[Brink]

Suegit,

That doesn't let us know if the tutorial I posted above helped or not.

If you tried it and it didn't help, then you could do a system restore using a restore point dated when Administrative Tools did work.

 

[Suegit]

thanks, I'll do that

 

[Suegit]

I have the administrative tools back but can't get there thru control panel
it says location unavailable
I did make a shortcut and pinned to start menu

 

[Brink]

Suegit,

That's good news so far. Double check the registry again to make sure the paths are still correct.

Does your Administrative Tools button work in the Start Menu?

 

[Suegit]

my registry shows---\ ---\ --- \----\ --- \ WINDOWS\START MENU\ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS
NOT PROGRAMS\TOOLS

No button on start menu

 

[Brink]

Ok Sue. I created a REG file that is attached at the bottom that will restore the default Administrative Tools and Common Administratrive Tools DWORD registry entries for your specific user account name. If you like download and merge the REG file, then restart the computer to see if that may fix this for you.

(WARNING - no one else use this REG file since it's specific for Sue only. It will not work for you.)

 

[Suegit]

downloaded the reg fix...clicked it ...re booted...still not there

 

[Brink]

Sue,

Did you already do a system restore using a restore point dated before this started?

 

[Suegit]

Problem is I don't know when it started
I only discovered problem when I started to get a notice last week
upon bootup ther GFxUI is not working and I don't know how to fix that