After installing the Windows XP/Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack (adminpak.msi), some of the snap-ins in the Administrative Tools folder may show a generic icon. Also, the shortcut icons cannot be changed using the Properties page since they are Windows Installer Shortcuts.

This happens because the Admin Tools Pack installer assigns the generic icon file, generApp.ico file from Windows\installer\{5E076CF2-EFED-43A2-A623-13E0D62EC7E0} folder for certain snap-ins.

To fix the icons, delete the corresponding shortcut and create a new shortcut manually. The list of AdminPak snap-ins and the target path of each snap-in are provided below.

(The target path of each Windows Installer shortcuts were determined using this tool.)

Name Target Path
Active Directory Domains and Trusts C:\WINDOWS\system32\domain.msc
Active Directory Management C:\WINDOWS\system32\admgmt.msc
Active Directory Sites and Services C:\WINDOWS\system32\dssite.msc
Active Directory Users and Computers C:\WINDOWS\system32\dsa.msc
Authorization Manager C:\WINDOWS\system32\azman.msc
Cluster Administrator C:\WINDOWS\cluster\cluadmin.exe
Connection Manager Administration Kit C:\Program Files\CMAK\cmak.exe
DHCP C:\WINDOWS\system32\dhcpmgmt.msc
Distributed File System C:\WINDOWS\system32\dfsgui.msc
DNS C:\WINDOWS\system32\dnsmgmt.msc
IP Address Management C:\WINDOWS\system32\ipaddrmgmt.msc
Network Load Balancing Manager C:\WINDOWS\system32\nlbmgr.exe
Public Key Management C:\WINDOWS\system32\pkmgmt.msc
Remote Storage C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsadmin.msc
Telephony C:\WINDOWS\system32\tapimgmt.msc
Terminal Server Licensing C:\WINDOWS\system32\licmgr.exe
WINS C:\WINDOWS\system32\winsmgmt.msc
Remote Desktops C:\WINDOWS\system32\tsmmc.msc
Terminal Services Manager C:\WINDOWS\system32\tsadmin.exe
UDDI Services C:\WINDOWS\system32\uddi.msc
Windows Server 2003 Admin Tools Pack Help C:\WINDOWS\help\adminpk.chm
Certification Authority C:\WINDOWS\system32\certsrv.msc

Note that this list does not include the standard snap-ins that ship with Windows XP.

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