Active Directory Users and Computers shortcut is deleted in Windows Server 2012 R2 – how do I recover it?

[easyazon_link identifier=”1782175997″ locale=”US” tag=”wn0d5-20″]Active Directory[/easyazon_link]® Users and Computers is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that you can use to administer and publish information in the directory. Some of the management tasks are:

• Managing Users
• Managing Groups
• Managing Computers
• Managing Domains
• Managing Organizational Units
• Troubleshooting Active Directory Users and Computers
• Resources for Active Directory Users and Computers
• User Interface: Active Directory Users and Computers

You have deleted by mistake the shortcut from your Administrative tools  console in[easyazon_link identifier=”178439307X” locale=”US” tag=”wn0d5-20″]Windows Server 2012 R2[/easyazon_link] . You can easily get the shortcut back in these few steps:

1. Click START, select RUN and type dsa.msc then click enter.
2. If you want it back into your Administrative Tools, you can create a shortcut to the above console.

To do that, click “Windows key+X”, select Control panel >Administrative tools and now follow up these steps to restore your shortcut:

• Right click on any unused space of the right side window, and select New > Shortcut
• In the target or location, write: %SystemRoot%\system32\dsa.msc
• Change the shortcut name to Active Directory Users and Computers, and you are done.