How to restore the Administrator tools back

[Brendan18]

I had installed a new disk cleaner utility and a registry cleaner recently. I usually run both the tools at a regular interval. But now in control panel all the administrative tools are missing. How this had happen. How to restore them back as it was before.

[Alexander102]

If you are running Windows Vista on your computer. Then here is the answer.
This is actually while using the third party disk cleaner program.
To restore your shortcuts back do the following :
Dowload vista_ultimate_admintools.zip and save to Desktop
Extract the files to the below path:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

[Alexis25]

The restore the shortcut's back in the Administrative Tools Folder setup the following :
Go to Start Menu > Run > Type regedit.exe
Navigate through the below path :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell Folders

Delete the value Common Administrative Tools (if shown)
close it and restart your window.

[Bartholomew]

You can restore the shortcuts in the Administrative Tool folder manually.
Open My computer.
Then open C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

Right click on the shortcut shown. Copy them and paste it in the
Control Panel > Administrative Tools folder
And you are done