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bendover
PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:48 pm 
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This question has been asked many times but I haven't found clear answer. Is it possible to completely hide or remove "Administrative Tools" from All Programs? Classic Shell is a great program but this bug or feature makes it useless because Administrative Tools just cannot be there. It's a requirement by our customer.

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Ivo
PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:56 pm 
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You can hide or delete the Administrative Tools folder and then it won't appear in All Programs.
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bendover
PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:11 pm 
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Ivo wrote:
You can hide or delete the Administrative Tools folder and then it won't appear in All Programs.



Administrative Tools can't be deleted from C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs....then it won't be available at Control Panel. There are still some users who wants to start Administrative Tools by using Control Panel.
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Ivo
PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:44 pm 
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Well, then hide it.
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bendover
PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:17 pm 
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Ok, thx. Let's see how it works.
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Gaurav
PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:34 pm 
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Note that only hiding the main Administrative Tools folders is enough to hide it from the Start Menu. You shouldn't set the hidden attribute on the shortcuts inside it.

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bendover
PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:20 am 
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No luck. Hiding the folder doesn't work as it supposed to be...still Administrative Tools in Start Menu but the folder is empty.
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Ivo
PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:50 am 
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There are two administrative folders - one for the current user and one shared. You need to hide both.
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Gaurav
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One is in %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and the other in %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

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bendover
PostPosted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:22 am 
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Now it works! Thx!
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