Kidnapped "Accessories" Programs.

When I booted up today, I went to the 'Accessories' Folder in
'Programs' and there was nothing there. Scandisk, Defrag, Dos Prompt
etc are all gone. No problem in rebuilding (except I can't find the
Dos Prompt in any windows folders) but what the heck would cause this?
Is there a way for full recovery without too much playing around?
(That sometimes annoying MsOffice 2000 program ran at boot-up, you
know, the one that says it will make your programs run better; could
it be the culprit?)

Mow
Tue Oct 28 15:32:57 CST 2003

You could utilize System Restore to roll the system back to just prior
to the Accessories folder disappearing. It is possible that the MS
Office " make your programs run better " made the Accessories folder
disappear if you haven't used it in awhile.

MowGreen [MVP]
*-343-* Never Forgotten

E. Barry Bruyea wrote:

> When I booted up today, I went to the 'Accessories' Folder in
> 'Programs' and there was nothing there. Scandisk, Defrag, Dos Prompt
> etc are all gone. No problem in rebuilding (except I can't find the
> Dos Prompt in any windows folders) but what the heck would cause this?
> Is there a way for full recovery without too much playing around?
> (That sometimes annoying MsOffice 2000 program ran at boot-up, you
> know, the one that says it will make your programs run better; could
> it be the culprit?)

E
Wed Oct 29 05:07:53 CST 2003

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:32:57 -0800, "Mow Green [MVP]"
<mowgreen@nowandzen.com> wrote:

>You could utilize System Restore to roll the system back to just prior
>to the Accessories folder disappearing. It is possible that the MS
>Office " make your programs run better " made the Accessories folder
>disappear if you haven't used it in awhile.

I tried System Restore, Mow; I went back two restore points and no
joy. It has been a while since I used any of the programs in "System
Tools". I've put back items like scandisk and defrag but for some
reason, I can't find the 'MsDos Prompt'. I've also been unable to
find it on my ME disk, either. How can the prompt be restored? Also,
how can I disable the MsOffice "Make Your Programs Run Better"
facility?


>
>MowGreen [MVP]
>*-343-* Never Forgotten
>
>E. Barry Bruyea wrote:
>
>> When I booted up today, I went to the 'Accessories' Folder in
>> 'Programs' and there was nothing there. Scandisk, Defrag, Dos Prompt
>> etc are all gone. No problem in rebuilding (except I can't find the
>> Dos Prompt in any windows folders) but what the heck would cause this?
>> Is there a way for full recovery without too much playing around?
>> (That sometimes annoying MsOffice 2000 program ran at boot-up, you
>> know, the one that says it will make your programs run better; could
>> it be the culprit?)