Question: I can't seem to get into the Views administration panel from any place in Commerce Kickstart 7.x-2.9. There is no menu entry even with Administration menu installed. Trying to configure via the link for Views on the modules admin page simply sends the page to the Administration menu with no "Views" option. Likewise directly entering siteurl/admin/views goes to the same place.

I guess the Views access is overridden by the Kickstart configuration.

Does anyone know a way around this?

Answer: 
I eventually figured this out. With Administration Menu Module installed, views is not available - it seems like the menu links do not get built.

There is a big problem with simply uninstalling the Administration Menu and re-enabling the Commerce Kickstart Menu module. According to <https://drupal.org/node/1877594#comment-7500586>. "When Commerce Kickstart Menus gets disabled, due to #550254: Menu links are sometimes not properly re-parented Management menu is not being properly rebuilt, hence it will look broken."

In order to get to views I had to uninstall Commerce Kickstart Menu module, apply the patch discussed, then reinstall and re-enable it.
If you have not made any changes and are logged in as admin then the menu link should be under `Site Settings -> Visual and Layout -> Views`

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