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How To Add Administrative Tools to Start Menu in Windows 7

If you’re a power user or even more likely a systems administrator, you may find the Administrative Tools MMC one of your most used tools. We’re going to show you how to access them much faster by adding them to the Start Menu.

Normally, Administrative Tools is accessed by navigating to Control Panel. This can be time consuming and annoying for administrators and power users.  Especially when you have to do it often.

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Add Administrative Tools to Start Menu

First right-click on the Start Menu and select Properties.

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In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties screen click on Customize.

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Scroll down System administrative tools and select Display on the All Programs menu and the Start menu.

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Click Ok to accept the changes and close out of the remaining screens. Now when you click on the Start Menu, you’ll see Administrative Tools and can select the different settings and features contained there.

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If you want to put a shortcut to Administrative Tools on the desktop you can right-click on the Administrative Tools button we just added to the Start menu and drag to the desktop, or open Control Panel and do the same thing.

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These simple tweaks will allow you faster access to resources in the Administrative Tools section.

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