Vista Tutorial - Internet Explorer 7 Icon.

Hi again folks,

When I initially installed Vista Ultimate I was able to put the Internet
Explorer 7 icon on my Desktop, not as a shortcut, but as the actual
application where you can right click on it & adjust the properties.

Since re-installing Vista, all I can get is a shortcut that I drag from the
Start Menu.

Does anyone know how to get the "proper" icon on my Desktop?

Thanks,

Dave.

Is it the actual iexplore.exe executable your puting on the desktop?

Copy C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe


"Dave" <dbarrat@nospam.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:0D50C9D0-7FF6-49FC-99C7-6AA8B362993B@microsoft.com...
> Hi again folks,
>
> When I initially installed Vista Ultimate I was able to put the Internet
> Explorer 7 icon on my Desktop, not as a shortcut, but as the actual
> application where you can right click on it & adjust the properties.
>
> Since re-installing Vista, all I can get is a shortcut that I drag from
> the Start Menu.
>
> Does anyone know how to get the "proper" icon on my Desktop?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave.

"Matthew Millers" <mattee76@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> Is it the actual iexplore.exe executable your puting on the desktop?
>
> Copy C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
>

Bad idea.

ss.

"Dave" <dbarrat@nospam.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:0D50C9D0-7FF6-49FC-99C7-6AA8B362993B@microsoft.com...
> Hi again folks,
>
> When I initially installed Vista Ultimate I was able to put the Internet
> Explorer 7 icon on my Desktop, not as a shortcut, but as the actual
> application where you can right click on it & adjust the properties.
>
> Since re-installing Vista, all I can get is a shortcut that I drag from
> the Start Menu.
>
> Does anyone know how to get the "proper" icon on my Desktop?


The IE icon only appeared in the Beta and Release Candidate builds.

To add the IE icon to your desktop, add the following reg key:

_____________________________________________________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

_____________________________________________________


You can also just double click the attached reg file. You should view it
first to see that it is not malicious.

ss.

free point and click program that does this
http://www.frameworkx.com/contentblo...blog=56&id=554

"Dave" <dbarrat@nospam.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:0D50C9D0-7FF6-49FC-99C7-6AA8B362993B@microsoft.com...
> Hi again folks,
>
> When I initially installed Vista Ultimate I was able to put the Internet
> Explorer 7 icon on my Desktop, not as a shortcut, but as the actual
> application where you can right click on it & adjust the properties.
>
> Since re-installing Vista, all I can get is a shortcut that I drag from
> the Start Menu.
>
> Does anyone know how to get the "proper" icon on my Desktop?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave.

I also posted a small app for the removal of the shortcut arrow overlay in
your other question thread


"Tiberius" <James@tiberius.kirk> wrote in message
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> free point and click program that does this
> http://www.frameworkx.com/contentblo...blog=56&id=554
>
> "Dave" <dbarrat@nospam.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:0D50C9D0-7FF6-49FC-99C7-6AA8B362993B@microsoft.com...
>> Hi again folks,
>>
>> When I initially installed Vista Ultimate I was able to put the Internet
>> Explorer 7 icon on my Desktop, not as a shortcut, but as the actual
>> application where you can right click on it & adjust the properties.
>>
>> Since re-installing Vista, all I can get is a shortcut that I drag from
>> the Start Menu.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to get the "proper" icon on my Desktop?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dave.
>
>

Dave wrote:
> Hi again folks,
>
> When I initially installed Vista Ultimate I was able to put the Internet
> Explorer 7 icon on my Desktop, not as a shortcut, but as the actual
> application where you can right click on it & adjust the properties.
>
> Since re-installing Vista, all I can get is a shortcut that I drag from
> the Start Menu.
>
> Does anyone know how to get the "proper" icon on my Desktop?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave.

Here is the.reg file that will put the actual IE shortcut on your desktop.
Frank

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

Thanks all.

Got it sorted. (Until next time),

Dave.

"Dave" <dbarrat@nospam.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:0D50C9D0-7FF6-49FC-99C7-6AA8B362993B@microsoft.com...
> Hi again folks,
>
> When I initially installed Vista Ultimate I was able to put the Internet
> Explorer 7 icon on my Desktop, not as a shortcut, but as the actual
> application where you can right click on it & adjust the properties.
>
> Since re-installing Vista, all I can get is a shortcut that I drag from
> the Start Menu.
>
> Does anyone know how to get the "proper" icon on my Desktop?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave.

Hi Dave,

You can restore the icon using a registry edit. See:

Where is the Internet Explorer desktop icon in Windows Vista?:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/108/1/

Look for the file "show-ie-icon.reg" in the Attachments section of that page.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Dave" <dbarrat@nospam.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:0D50C9D0-7FF6-49FC-99C7-6AA8B362993B@microsoft.com...
Hi again folks,

When I initially installed Vista Ultimate I was able to put the Internet
Explorer 7 icon on my Desktop, not as a shortcut, but as the actual
application where you can right click on it & adjust the properties.

Since re-installing Vista, all I can get is a shortcut that I drag from the
Start Menu.

Does anyone know how to get the "proper" icon on my Desktop?

Thanks,

Dave.