Re: Regaining the lost utilities in the Accessory area in program files

On May 20, 9:45 pm, Roy <royba...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 20, 12:10 pm, "Richard" <rich...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



I recently checked my nephew's Pc  following some suggestions from
this thread and here is what I found:

 in the document and  settings and found out these things:
It has three folders
The All Users, Users and all Users Windows

The all user folder is  a BLANK  folder,.
The users folder contains cookies, desktop, favorite,my documents,
phone browsers, start menu, users data, default pls, ntusers
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs
\Accessories
And found only this
Accessibility
Only accessibility wizard

Entertainment
Only two:
Sound recorder and volume control

Communication
Only  five
Hyperterminal
Network setup wizard
New connection wizard
Network connections
Wireless Setup wizard

System tools
Only 8
Activate windows
Back up
Disk Clean up
Files and setting transfer wizard
Disk Defragmenter
Scheduled task
System restore
System information
Therefore is
Where is the calculator, the command prompt, notepad , word pad ,and
the paint,WINDOW EXPLORER LINK, tour windows Xp, synchronize link
shortcuts?
Why did it vanished in thin air?

I also checked theAccessoriesshortcuts thanks to Tim Med***

LinkName: Calculator.Ink
Target C:\WINDOWS\System32\calc.exe
The calculator will pop up when its run

LinkName: Command promp
Target C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
The command prompt pops out

LinkName: notepad.ink
Target C:\WINDOWS|System 32\notepad.exe
The notepad pops out

LinkName:Paint.Ink
Target C:\WINDOWS\System32\mspaint.exe
The paint pops out

LinkName:\Addressbook.Ink
TargetC:\Program files\Outlook\Express\wab.exe
Its there but noshortcut

Link Name:Synchronize .Ink
Target C:\WINDOWS\System32\mobsync.exe
Its there but noshortcut

Link Name:Tour Windows XP.Ink
Target C:\WINDOWS\System 32\tourstart.exe
Its there but no short cut

Link Name:WINDOWS Explorer.Inc
Target C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

Actually nephew logged on his own users name and there is not conflict
with anybody as he is the administrator of his own PC.
That  windows Xp PC software was installed by one of his friend which
is not around anymore but relocated therefore he has no one to ask for
help but me..which unfortunately not  really good on this things
either…< grin>

So I am relaying this question the experts here,
I don’t have that problem in my current PC so have no idea that such
shortcuts will  vanish.....

Another problem that he recognized is if he install a new software ,
it looks for slot in theaccessories or other installed programs
instead of creating its  own place. That was likely the reason that
when he installed power DVD in theaccessoriesfolder the shortcuts
just vanished from that directory....

Now he is reluctant to install more of his software  being afraid it
might delete more shortcuts in the program files.
Any more ideas how to sort this out also?
Regards
Roy


Due to my hectic schedule, I have only time to check recently my
nephew pc and the problem is still there...

I have checked the Accessories here
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs and
the utilities such as
paint, calculator, notepad, command prompt,tour window xp,
synchronize] tour window explorer is gone
there was nothing there!

When I run this address
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories"
There was that pop up that says….
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories"
Run notification was like this
It refers to a location that is not available….It could be in the hard
drive in this computer or in the network. Check to make sure that the
disk is properly inserted or you have connected t the internet or the
network and try again….f its cannot be located it might have moved to
a different location…

What does this mean……….? Could that be possible that the address given
will just vanish from the designated location…? How can we retrieve
that…?
Is there any quick solution to this...
BTW IIRc somebody recommended to create the shortcuts int he desktop,
would somebody explain it more in detail?
Thanks!


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