Adding the IE 7 Icon to the Desktop in Vista
Friday, January 9, 2009 20:59Posted in category Internet Explorer Tips, Windows Vista Tips
Many 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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Jeff says:
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!