Magento 2.1 missing Web Setup Wizard link

As you noted this has been confirmed as an issue on Github here: github.com/magento/magento2/issues/5247

However this has been closed as it is a duplicate of: https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/4159

This issue thread also details a workaround until the fix is merged into the next Magento release, which is to switch your webserver root to that of the Magento root path, not the /pub subdirectory.

I have verified this works on CE 2.1 (you need to clean cache after this change), however I would personally not recommend using this workaround on a production environment as is less secure.

"when you type http://www.shop.com/admin_xxxx/admin/backendapp/redirect/app/setup/ redirects to http://www.shop.com/setup/#/home and then all works as expected..."

this method doesn't work. still loops back to the same page...