Lighten up Mick, they guy is just asking for help...that is what this
newsgroup is for "vista general" questions of all type, easy and hard.
Michael, I have the same problem with the start menu, but after a reboot the
programs show...did you try a reboot after making the change? I know silly
question, but.....
"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Start Orb> Programs> IE7> right-click> Send to> Shortcut on desktop.
> and put up with it.
>
> People on here have more probs than you on here; format the drive and
> reinstall if you are not happy!
>
> "Michael" wrote:
> Quote:
>> In Win Vista 64-bit, the desktop Internet Explorer icon has disappeared.
>> I
>> would like it back, and not as a shortcut, but the way it was. I have
>> browsed
>> for a solution, and many suggest this:
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel
>>
>> 4. In the right hand pane, double-click
>> {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} key.
>> 5. Enter dword value as 0 to enable the Internet Explorer icon on the
>> Desktop.
>>
>> It does NOT work in my system
>>
>> Help, please. Thank you.