Problem is, the setup installers “expect” some, if not most system shortcuts to be present in their default locations: if they aren’t, installation might fail and throw those cryptic errors. grouping them all into a ‘Windows’ sub-folder) and create a ‘Programs’ toolbar on the taskbar: it might look weird to do that but it is, in fact, a very simple, but handy way to have your shortcuts at hand, similarly to having the Windows 7 “Start” button, just by using the system resources ( without any need for additional software). You see, some people choose to “customize” their %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs folder by moving some of the system shortcuts from their default locations ( for e.g. Now here’s an additional tip for Windows 8.1 ( eventually applicable to Windows Server 2012 R2) folks: if the monthly update fails to install with cryptic errors such as 0x80070002 ( WIN32: ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) there might be a good, but less-known reason for that.
Let Windows Update install KB5014011 ( or manually download it from the MS Catalog and install).Keep in mind there’s a new SSU this month, thus manually download KB5014025 first, install it and reboot ( for good measure).Help for Windows 8.1 圆4 folks out there – updated, no issues so far: Visually, it works like a charm… Next month I’ll let you know if it also works out well and allows the monthly updates to install flawlessly in those few Windows 8.1 legacy systems I’m maintaining. Xcopy /E /I “Windows PowerShell” “Windows\Windows PowerShell” Xcopy /E /I “System Tools” “Windows\System Tools” Xcopy /E /I “Administrative Tools” “Windows\Administrative Tools”
Xcopy /E /I Accessories Windows\Accessories Xcopy /E /I Accessibility Windows\Accessibility
Something ( roughly) like this:Ĭd %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs Indeed, it is probably better to leave the original system sub-folders and shortcuts quiet and alone at their default, predefined locations and just hide them ( with an attrib +H or attrib +H command, from an elevated prompt) so that they won’t appear ( be visible) in your customized toolbar – and make copies of those items you want to use into your customized toolbar. The whole point of moving the shortcuts merely reflected my own, personal preference – one way to keep things “clean” ( like you, I too prefer to have shortcuts organized into multiple sub-folders, having no shortcuts at all at the “root” level) but I hear you: you have a very good point there – and yes, it is actually a much better suggestion than my ( somewhat clumsy) approach.
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