Calculator and Paint are missing

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Missing from my Accessories are MS Paint and Calculator. They were there
previously. I can open Calculator by going via help, but can't find where it
is stored to create a shortcut. The same applies to MS Paint. Can anyone
suggest a remedy?

 

[Guest]

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Mike,

Create a shortcut to the following, and place in your Accessories folder:
Calculator - c:\windows\system32\calc.exe
MS Paint - c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe

Restore the items in Accessories and System Tools:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/accessories.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Mike Trinder" <(mike)@(christopherbell.co.uk)> wrote in message
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> Missing from my Accessories are MS Paint and Calculator. They were there
> previously. I can open Calculator by going via help, but can't find where
> it is stored to create a shortcut. The same applies to MS Paint. Can
> anyone suggest a remedy?
>

 

[Guest]

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Many thanks for that Ramesh, it worked a treat.
Can you tell me, is this a common problem with XP and user profiles? and
does it occur with other programmes which are not MS related?




"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Mike,
>
> Create a shortcut to the following, and place in your Accessories folder:
> Calculator - c:\windows\system32\calc.exe
> MS Paint - c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe
>
> Restore the items in Accessories and System Tools:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/accessories.htm
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Mike Trinder" <(mike)@(christopherbell.co.uk)> wrote in message
> news:d4io7m$d2p$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> Missing from my Accessories are MS Paint and Calculator. They were there
>> previously. I can open Calculator by going via help, but can't find where
>> it is stored to create a shortcut. The same applies to MS Paint. Can
>> anyone suggest a remedy?
>>
>

 

[Guest]

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Hi Mike,

Thanks for the feedback. This is a common problem but the cause is unknown.
This usually occurs with the Accessories and Admin Tools folders.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Mike Trinder" <(mike)@(christopherbell.co.uk)> wrote in message
news:d4nrbn$sf1$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Many thanks for that Ramesh, it worked a treat.
> Can you tell me, is this a common problem with XP and user profiles? and
> does it occur with other programmes which are not MS related?
>
>
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23KosPTZSFHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Mike,
>>
>> Create a shortcut to the following, and place in your Accessories folder:
>> Calculator - c:\windows\system32\calc.exe
>> MS Paint - c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe
>>
>> Restore the items in Accessories and System Tools:
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/accessories.htm
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Mike Trinder" <(mike)@(christopherbell.co.uk)> wrote in message
>> news:d4io7m$d2p$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>> Missing from my Accessories are MS Paint and Calculator. They were there
>>> previously. I can open Calculator by going via help, but can't find
>>> where it is stored to create a shortcut. The same applies to MS Paint.
>>> Can anyone suggest a remedy?
>>>
>>
>
>

 

[bharathreddy]

Hi, I faced this problem too. I wrote a post on my blog that gives atleast three alternatives ways of fixing the 'calculator and paint missing issue'. Please visit:http://bharathreddyt.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/calculator-paint-missing-in-windows-xp/