disappearing Internet Explorer icon from Desktop

[chastity]

Well as the title says I had my Internet Explorer icon disappear from my desktop. I've since sort of fixed it as I replaced it with a shortcut to the IEXPLORE exe file but would still like toknow what caused it. Windows 2000 Pro with SP4 IE6SP1

 

[Shua]

Have you found a solution for that yet???

 

[Geffy]

download TweakUI from microsoft, and look in the Desktop part of it, then you can turn it back on

 

[chastity]

Ok I don't quite follow you Geffy, I've got TweakUI installed already

 

[Geffy]

this is what I have in my WinXP TweakUI and I remember the same thing in the Win9x versions

 

[chastity]

Well its seems you missed one lin in my first post I'm running Windows 2000 Professional Geffy and the tweakUI I've got is a lot different from that one

 

[Geffy]

nah I didnt miss it I was just hoping that MS's tweak ui would be slightly similar.


Have you tried using X-Setup I think they might have something

 

[Lee]

why not create a shortcut send to desktop from the folder ie is in!

 

[Geffy]

cause then you cant right click on it to get the internet options

 

[chastity]

why not create a shortcut send to desktop from the folder ie is in!

I did that already but as Geffy said you can't get to the properties for ie with a shortcut

 

[chastity]

nah I didnt miss it I was just hoping that MS's tweak ui would be slightly similar.


Have you tried using X-Setup I think they might have something

will check that out and report back what if anything I figure out

 

[yoyo]

This reg file should bring back the IE icon on your desktop. Merge the file, then refresh the desktop.

;------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\
ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:0000000

;------------------------------------

 

[Geffy]

ahh yoyo master of the windows registry to the rescue 😛