Having trouble finding the Tools menu on Windows 10

Anonymous
2015-08-18T01:52:42+00:00

Last week I switched to Windows 10. I can't find the tools menu. I've checked settings and other areas I've thought of and not having any luck. I need to look over a few things but they all seem to be included in the tools section. Anyone else having this problem?

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Kapil Arya 38,471 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2015-08-18T02:16:10+00:00

Hello,

Press Windows Key + R, type explorer shell:::{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153} in Run and click OK. It will open the folder of administrative tools available in Windows 10.

Hope this helps, Good luck :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-11-01T03:01:55+00:00

    to disable  the automatic capitalization of the first letter of a word

    That's a setting of the Touch Keyboard.   So, raise the Taskbar (e.g. press Ctrl+Esc) and type  settings:typing  and then press Enter.   Then turn Off  Capitalize the first letter of each sentence.

    FYI

    Robert Aldwinckle

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-11-16T22:52:18+00:00

    how can I find the tools menu

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-11-18T20:04:50+00:00

    I agree--no help

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-11-19T12:04:03+00:00

    Surprisingly (3 years later) it's still exactly where it has been all along.  Perhaps you aren't authorized to see it if you try to navigate to it in your Start Menu's All Apps list.  See if you at least have access to the correct folder this way and then see what you get if you do a search in File Explorer for Tools there.

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

    You cannot just do a search in the Taskbar for Tools.  You must either navigate to where you need to go in the Start Menu or use File Explorer either starting from the above directory or use the view of the directory that Kapil found for this thread in the first reply.  BTW you can see the full path from there by using View Hidden Items, locate its Desktop.ini file and use right-click Properties on that.

    If you have some other issue with this please start your own thread with your own details.

    FYI

    Robert Aldwinckle

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