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By hayami.wai, February 13, 2007 1:42 am

The IE icon on the desktop had been removed permanently. The simplest way to ensure that there is an IE icon on the desktop is to create a shortcut for it. But the shortcut is not the real IE desktop icon, you cannot access IE properties and other function thru it.

Below is the method to restore the original IE desktop icon.

1. Start registry editor by clicking on Start button, then select “Run”. Type in “regedit” in the Open text box and hit “OK” or press “Enter”.
2. If you are using Vista standard theme goto (a), if you are using classic theme, go to (b)
1. Navigate to the following registry key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel
2. Navigate to the following registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu
3. Edit or create a DWORD (32-bit) value named {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} and set it with value of 0 (dword:00000000).
4. Refresh Windows Vista desktop by pressing F5 or right click on desktop and click “Refresh”.