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Since some time, it has become a core plugin, so no need to be in the users .qgis2/python/plugins/processing folder. You can remove that savely. Apart from that, I discovered a second Vector menue right to the Help menu, if my locale is not US English.
Why is there no tool in vector menu?
Upon upgrading to QGIS 2.16, I no longer have any of the built-in tool in the Vector menu. The only entries in the menu are related to plugins that I have installed. See the attached screenshot for an example of what this looks like.
Why are the GDAL tools missing in QGIS?
According to https://hub.qgis.org/issues/15265, the GDAL tools might get lost if you have the processing tools installed as an external plugin. Since some time, it has become a core plugin, so no need to be in the users .qgis2/python/plugins/processing folder. You can remove that savely.
Is there a bug with the processing plugin?
Fwiw, experienced the same bug/behaviour as reported by Andre Joost, removed processing plugin from my profiles, and now i have two ‘vector’ menus: one with stuff from extensions (ie osm, spatial request) with the V mnemonic/shortcut, and a second one with the tools from processing with the o mnemonic.
Vector menu provides a one-stop resource for many common vector-based GIS tasks. It provides a growing suite of spatial data management and analysis functions that are both fast and functional. These features are part of the processing framework.
When did the Processing Toolbox in QGIS close?
Closed 6 years ago. Suddenly the button for opening the toolbox is gone. I have searched really long already. Do you have any idea how to get it back? Do you mean the Processing toolbox?
How to measure distance between two points in QGIS?
See QGIS processing framework for more information about the processing framework. Measure distances between two point layers, and output results as a) Square distance matrix, b) Linear distance matrix, or c) Summary of distances.