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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