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Old 03-09-2007   #1 (permalink)
padron.jorge@gmail.com


 
 

Vista Welcome Center: How to add/edit/delete icons?

My new Dell XPS 410 machine came pre-loaded with Vista Ultimate.
However, the startup "Welcome Center" window has broken links. Some of
the Welcome Center icons don't have a picture and others point to the
wrong path. For instance, the Vista Mail icon points to "C:\Programs",
so the application does not open.

Does anybody know of a simple way to add, edit and delete icons in the
Vista Welcome Center?

Thank you in advance,

J.


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Old 03-30-2007   #2 (permalink)
James Finnigan [MSFT]


 
 

Re: Vista Welcome Center: How to add/edit/delete icons?

This is driven by the xml file in
%SystemRoot%\system32\oem\info\...\oobe.xml . You should consider editing
this file to be like editing the registry. The format is fairly
self-explanatory, however be careful not to change the xml namespaces.

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<padron.jorge@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My new Dell XPS 410 machine came pre-loaded with Vista Ultimate.
> However, the startup "Welcome Center" window has broken links. Some of
> the Welcome Center icons don't have a picture and others point to the
> wrong path. For instance, the Vista Mail icon points to "C:\Programs",
> so the application does not open.
>
> Does anybody know of a simple way to add, edit and delete icons in the
> Vista Welcome Center?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> J.
>

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