Missing Accessories

[Guest]

When I go to All Programs, the Accessories is missing. The sytem is
approximately 2 months old, and I only recently discovered the missing
program when I went to use the defrag.

Any help would be great, Dell says it's a software problem and they can't
help!

 

[Kelly]

The Accessories program group is not displayed on the All Programs menu in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891893

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

SUPERAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com?rid=3154

 

[Guest]

I tried that process before I posted, and while it restored the Games, it did
not restore the Accessories.

Any other thoughts?

Thanxs....

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Restore shortcuts to the Accessories group
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Accessories.htm

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility
should have shortcuts for...
Magnifier
Narrator
On-Screen Keyboard
Utility Manager

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications
should have shortcuts for...
Network Connections
Network Setup Wizard
New Connection Wizard
Remote Desktop Connection

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Entertainment
should have shortcuts for...
Sound Recorder
Volume Control

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools
should have shortcuts for...
Backup
Character Map
Disk Cleanup
Disk Defragmenter
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
Scheduled Tasks
System Information

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Wes
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[Guest]

I tried to AccRestore program and the directions from Microsoft to delelte
the Accessories and then restore. The restore worked for Games, but not for
Accessories.

Any other thoughts?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

So manually create the shortcuts.

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility
should have shortcut for...
Accessibility Wizard
%SystemRoot%\system32\accwiz.exe

%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility
should have shortcuts for...
Magnifier
%SystemRoot%\system32\magnify.exe
Narrator
%SystemRoot%\system32\narrator.exe
On-Screen Keyboard
%SystemRoot%\system32\osk.exe
Utility Manager
%SystemRoot%\system32\utilman.exe /start

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications
should have shortcuts for...
HyperTerminal
C:\Program Files\Windows NT\hypertrm.exe
Network Connections
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{7007acc7-3202-11d1-aad2-00805fc1270e}
Network Setup Wizard
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe hnetwiz.dll,HomeNetWizardRunDll
New Connection Wizard
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe netshell.dll,StartNCW
Remote Desktop Connection
%SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe
Wireless Network Setup Wizard
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL
NetSetup.cpl,@0,WNSW

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Entertainment
should have shortcuts for...
Sound Recorder
%SystemRoot%\system32\sndrec32.exe
Volume Control
%SystemRoot%\system32\sndvol32.exe

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools
should have shortcuts for...
Activate Windows
%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /A
Backup
%SystemRoot%\system32\ntbackup.exe
Character Map
%SystemRoot%\system32\charmap.exe
Disk Cleanup
%SystemRoot%\system32\cleanmgr.exe
Disk Defragmenter
%SystemRoot%\system32\dfrg.msc
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\usmt\migwiz.exe
Scheduled Tasks
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
Security Center
%SystemRoot%\system32\wscui.cpl
System Information
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe
System Restore
%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

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[Guest]

Can I create a folder in Programs - Accessories - and then create a shortcut
for each of the scripts that you have supplied?

Thank you in advance for your prompt answer to my problem, and also to
apologize for my ignorance on the matter!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Can I create a folder in Programs - Accessories - and then create a

shortcut for each of the scripts that you have supplied?

Yep.

Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

%AllUsersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs

Right click in the right hand pane, point to New and click Folder.
Name the new folder Accessories.
Open the new Accessories folder.
Create the shortcuts there.

There are other ways of doing this. And you will discover easier ways after
you do it the hard way. ;-)

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