programs gone...Paint, pinball, games, calc, etc

[hamiltoncruiser]

I'm not sure what happened but these little games and programs that
come with the computer (win xp SP2) have disappeared from "All
Programs"

I searched for Paint and found it in this folder "C:\WINDOWS\
$NtServicePackUninstall$" and then added it to Start Menu.

I have no clue what I did.

Any suggestions?

....Lisa

 

[Wesley Vogel]

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

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility
should have shortcut for...
Accessibility Wizard

%userprofile%\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

%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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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[dfrog]

I'm not sure what happened but these little games and programs that
come with the computer (win xp SP2) have disappeared from "All
Programs"

I searched for Paint and found it in this folder "C:\WINDOWS\
$NtServicePackUninstall$" and then added it to Start Menu.

I have no clue what I did.

Any suggestions?

...Lisa

Lisa,

Control Panel - Add Remove Programs - Add Remove Windows Components (left
hand side of screen) - In Windows Component Wizard, tick Accessories &
Utilities - select 'Details' - you'll find the Games & Accessories there to
reload.

dfrog

 

[hamiltoncruiser]

Lisa,

Control Panel - Add Remove Programs - Add Remove Windows Components (left
hand side of screen) - In Windows Component Wizard, tick Accessories &
Utilities - select 'Details' - you'll find the Games & Accessories there to
reload.

dfrog

Thank so much dfrog!!

This looked to restore everything for my user, but at quick glane, not
for all users.
Do I need to repeat this for all users?

....Lisa

 

[hamiltoncruiser]

Thanks Wes.

Do I need to follow dfrog's instrux and yours or would that be
duplication?
dfrog's sufggestion restored everything to my user but not all users,
it seems.

 

[dfrog]

Thank so much dfrog!!

This looked to restore everything for my user, but at quick glane, not
for all users.
Do I need to repeat this for all users?

...Lisa

I've no experience of multi-users (there's only ever been me on my system),
but in the absence of any other advice, I would think that would do the
trick. Shouldn't be too taxing - unless you have tons of other users

dfrog