Right Click Tools

*Edit - May 7
The collections menu will now show up in the left window pane when looking at the devices in a collection.
 
*Edit - May 4 
I changed the install to work off the SMS_Admin_UI_Path environment variable so it should automatically find the install path.  I also added a Show Collections tool.  Something like this was in a pack for SCCM 2007, but something changed in WMI for SCCM 2012 and the old one wasn't working correctly.  I made a new one and added it to Console Tools.  Let me know if anyone has any problems with it.  
 
*Edit - May 3  2PM Central time
I just updated the tools.  The menu will now show up when you right click on a device in a collection. Before it only would show if you right clicked on a device in the Devices root.  
 
I couldn't find a pack of right click tools for SCCM 2012, so I made my own based on two other packs.  I used the tools put together by Dan Ireland as a base, and then added some tools from Rich Houchins.  The original packs for SCCM 2007 are here:
       
I wrote a simple install script for this that should work on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.  Just run Right Click Tools Install.cmd, then close and reopen config manager and enjoy your tools!
 
I haven't been able to test all of the tools, but the ones I've looked at all seem to be working correctly.  Most of them just use WMI to perform the actions, and WMI doesn't seem to of changed much between 2007 and 2012.  
 
Please let me know if there are any problems and I can get them fixed and update the tools!
 
If there already is a pack out there and I just missed it, disregard this post and please let me know where it is 
 
Edit: I thought you guys might like a list of the tools...
 
Under Devices, when you right click on a device, you will see three new menus. 
 
Client Actions:
      Branch Distribution Point Maintenance Task
      Discovery Data Collection Cycle
      Hardware Inventory Cycle
      Machine Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle
      Software Inventory Cycle
      Software Metering Usage Report Cycle
      Software Updates Deployment Evaluation Cycle
      Software Updates Scan Cycle
      Windows Installer Source List Update Cycle
Client Tools:
      Restart SMS Agent Host Service
      Generate new SCCM GUID
      Rerun Advertisement
      Open Client Log File Folder
      Open Client Installation Log File Folder
      Assign Client to Another Site
      Change Cache Size
      Uninstall SCCM Client
Console Tools:
      Manage Computer
      Ping System
      Wake On LAN
      RDP to Console
      System Info
      Show Collections
      Running Processes
      Computer Management
      Connect to C$
      Interactive Command Prompt
      Reboot System
      Schedule Reboot
 
Under Device Collections, when you right click on a collection you will have three new menus.

SCCM Client Actions on Collection:
      Branch Distribution Point Maintenance Task
      Discovery Data Collection Cycle
      Hardware Inventory Cycle
      Machine Policy Retrieval and Evaluation Cycle
      Software Inventory Cycle
      Software Metering Usage Report Cycle
      Software Updates Deployment Evaluation Cycle
      Software Updates Scan Cycle
      Windows Installer Source List Update Cycle
SCCM Client Collection Tools:
      Restart SMS Agent Host Service
      Generate new SCCM GUID
      Rerun Advertisement
      Uninstall SCCM Client
SCCM Console Collection Tools:
      Ping Collection
      Wake on LAN

Attachment(s)

Right Click Tools.zip (1,206.95 KB) - downloaded 1089 times

Thank you Ryan, I will be trying this in my lab soon. 

I installed it and the menus are working OK for the Collection but when I right click an actual device I don't get any menus. I'm running Windows 7, 64-bit.

Right now the right click tools for devices will only show up when you are looking at all devices.  If you are looking at devices in a specific collection, they won't show up.  
 
Each right click menu has a specific GUID that is buried in the XML files in 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\XmlStorage
I'm looking for the GUID that controls this menu, but so far haven't been able to find it.  Once I find it, I can add it to the pack.  

I found the GUID to add this menu to devices when you are looking at collections.  I added it to the tools pack and re-attached it to the original post.  Re-download and you should see it.  

The .cmd for the installation is working only for C-drive installations, if ConfigMgr is installed somewhere else, its not working..
 
It should be checking where ConfigMgr is installed.
 

I changed the install to work off of the SMS_Admin_UI_Path environment variable so it should find the install no matter where you put it.

thanks for these, I appreciate the hard work and I will report any errors/fix anything I can. 

It'd be really great if you could add the PS Exec tools to the client tools menu from the 2007 version.
 
Thanks so much for these! I use them all the time.

Trace32 should no longer be used to view SCCM 2012 Logs. Please update with CMTrace.exe

scarneol


Trace32 should no longer be used to view SCCM 2012 Logs. Please update with CMTrace.exe

How Beautiful is that??!!  I don't have to cross my eyes anymore!