How to retrieve the IE7 icon and Registry File of Windows Vista desktop

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• Retrieve the IE7 icon of the Windows Vista desktop

In Windows Vista, I do not know why Microsoft has canceled Internet Explorer icons that have been present on Windows desktops for a long time. This makes many users feel uncomfortable. Although we can create IE shortcuts on the desktop, or even remove the arrows in the IE shortcut icon to make it more like the IE icon on a traditional Windows desktop, however, it is inconvenient to change the IE settings by right-clicking the IE icon as before.

This article describes how to retrieve traditional IE icons on a Windows Vista desktop.

Retrieve the IE7 icon of the Windows Vista desktop

1. Open Registry Editor: You can enter "“regedit.exe" in the search box of the opening menu or press Win key + R and enter "“regedit.exe" in the running box;
   If UAC is not disabled, a prompt window is displayed in Windows Vista when you run the Registry Editor. Click OK.
2. Find the following registry Branch:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ hidemo-topicons \ NewStartPanel
   Note: When Windows Vista uses a classic topic, it should be:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ hidemo-topicons \ ClassicStartMenu
   If no branch exists, create it;
3. Create a DWORD (32-bit) registry entry named "{871c5316-42a0-1069-a2ea-08002b30309d;
4. Set the value to "0 ";

After you refresh the desktop, you can see that the disappears IE7 icon is displayed again. Right-click to view the related Internet browsing settings.

If you are not familiar with registry operations, you can also download the Registry Modification file provided by Vista, decompress the file, and double-click to run it.

This package contains two files:

• Restore IE7 icon. reg on the Vista desktopCopy codeThe Code is as follows: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  // Provided By highDiy
  // Http://windows-vista.highdiy.com

  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ hidemo-topicons \ NewStartPanel]
  "{871c5316-42a0-1069-a2ea-08002b30309d}" = dword: 00000000

• Restore Vista desktop IE7 icon (classic topic). regCopy codeThe Code is as follows: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  // Provided By highDiy
  // Http://windows-vista.highdiy.com

  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ hidemo-topicons \ ClassicStartMenu]
  "{871c5316-42a0-1069-a2ea-08002b30309d}" = dword: 00000000

  Download: Restore the IE icon registry file on the Windows Vista desktop