Adding the IE 7 Icon to the Desktop in Vista
Internet Explorer Tips, Windows Vista Tips Posted by Shawn DesRochers January 9th, 2009Many users of Windows Vista have found out that by default, the icon for the Internet Explorer 7 does not show up on the Windows Vista desktop.
If you would like the Internet Explorer Icon to show up on your Windows Vista Desktop. Click the read more
- To add it back in again, a small registry edit is needed.
- Click run edit and type regedit and hit ok!
- Navigate to the following : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
“{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}”=dword:00000000 - Or you can download this reg file and then run it to do this automatically.
- Then log off and back on again.
Shawn DesRochers
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March 15th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Def. a little quirk in vista. Unfortunately, it’s a lot of work for something simple. Be extremely careful with regedit. It is the backbone of your entire OS installation. Happy Computing!