Broken Shortcut

Win-7/P, 64-bit. When I right-click Computer-Manage nothing happens. Somehow
I broke this shortcut. How do I fix it?

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:12:50 -0400, jim wrote:

> Win-7/P, 64-bit. When I right-click Computer-Manage nothing happens. Somehow
> I broke this shortcut. How do I fix it?

One way:
Type manage in the Start menu search bos, right click on the shortcut to
Computer Management that appears, choose properties, copy the target,
paste it into the bad shortcut.

There are other ways, but for me right now, that was the easiest one to
describe.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:08:26 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

> search bos

I meant 'search box', of course

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:09:29 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:08:26 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>
>> search bos
>
>I meant 'search box', of course

"bos" was just plain bull.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computer Management is an option under Administrative Tools via the Control
Panel or the All Programs menu.

From a Win7 32 bit or 64bit system the shortcut used is:

%windir%\system32\compmgmt.msc /s

Try a Google or Bing Search using the following string for more (if needed)
Windows 7 shortcut Run Command

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"jim" wrote in message news:jr7pps$3a5$...

Win-7/P, 64-bit. When I right-click Computer-Manage nothing happens. Somehow
I broke this shortcut. How do I fix it?

On 12 Jun 2012, "jim" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Win-7/P, 64-bit. When I right-click Computer-Manage nothing
> happens. Somehow I broke this shortcut. How do I fix it?

It's possible that it's already running but not displaying for some
reason. Have you tried logging out then back in, or rebooting?

"jim" <> wrote in message news:jr7pps$3a5$...
> Win-7/P, 64-bit. When I right-click Computer-Manage nothing happens. Somehow
> I broke this shortcut. How do I fix it?
>

When you right-click Computer > Manage this reg key is run:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage\command

and this is the data:
(Default) REG_EXPAND_SZ %SystemRoot%\system32\CompMgmtLauncher.exe

Maybe there's something wrong there.
(That's my 32 bit Win7, I think 64 bit is the same.)

Thanks for the answer. Still could not get the file to run. In case
something hammered that file, I have a new W7 install in case of emergencies
so I copied the file from that and it still would not work (on my current
system). I had no patience with this issue so I found an inelegant solution
on Microsoft Answers. Thanks for all the help.


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"jim" <> wrote in message
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> Win-7/P, 64-bit. When I right-click Computer-Manage nothing happens.
> Somehow I broke this shortcut. How do I fix it?

When you right-click Computer > Manage this reg key is run:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage\command

and this is the data:
(Default) REG_EXPAND_SZ %SystemRoot%\system32\CompMgmtLauncher.exe

Maybe there's something wrong there.
(That's my 32 bit Win7, I think 64 bit is the same.)

On 13 Jun 2012, "jim" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Thanks for the answer. Still could not get the file to run. In
> case something hammered that file, I have a new W7 install in case
> of emergencies so I copied the file from that and it still would
> not work (on my current system). I had no patience with this issue
> so I found an inelegant solution on Microsoft Answers. Thanks for
> all the help.

Is the solution a secret?

Make a simple 2 line bat file:

Start C:\Windows\system32\compmgmt.msc
Exit

Obviously save as a bat file and not as a text file in c:\Windows\System32
and start regedit and go to key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage\command

Mouse on left panel "command" and right panel will read under Data
%SystemRoot%\System32\CompMgmtLauncher.exe

Change to CompMgmtLauncher.bat

Close regedit.

I told ya it was inelegant but it works.



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On 13 Jun 2012, "jim" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Thanks for the answer. Still could not get the file to run. In
> case something hammered that file, I have a new W7 install in case
> of emergencies so I copied the file from that and it still would
> not work (on my current system). I had no patience with this issue
> so I found an inelegant solution on Microsoft Answers. Thanks for
> all the help.

Is the solution a secret?