The way to retrieve the IE7 icon for Windows Vista Desktop and the registry file _vista

In Windows Vista, I don't know what Microsoft is thinking about, canceling the Internet Explorer icon that has long been on the Windows desktop, which makes many users feel uncomfortable. Although we can create a shortcut to IE on the desktop, you can even remove the arrows in the IE shortcut icon to make it more like the "traditional" Windows desktop in the IE icon, but the lack of functionality, as before, through the IE icon's right key properties to change IE settings still makes people feel inconvenient.

This article describes a technique for retrieving the traditional IE icon in Windows Vista desktop.

Retrieve the IE7 icon for Windows Vista desktop

1. Open Registry Editor: This can be achieved by entering "Regedit.exe" in the Run box by typing "regedit.exe" in the search box in the Start menu or by pressing the win key +r;
   If you do not turn UAC off, Windows Vista will pop up when you run Registry Editor and click Confirm.
2. Locate the following registry branch:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \explorer \hidedesktopicons \NewStartPanel
   Note: When Windows Vista uses a classic theme, it should be:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \explorer \hidedesktopicons \ClassicStartMenu
   If no corresponding branch exists, create it;
3. Create a DWORD (32-bit) registry key named "{871c5380-42a0-1069-a2ea-08002b30309d}";
4. Set its value to "0";

When you refresh your desktop, you see the Vanishing IE7 icon appear again, and right-click to see the relevant Internet browsing settings entry.

Users who are not familiar with the registry operation can also download the registry files provided by the Vista World directly, and then double-click to run it after decompression.

There are two files in this download package, respectively:

• Restore the IE7 icon for the Vista desktop. reg
  
  Copy Code code as follows:
  
  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  
  Provided by Highdiy
  Http://windows-vista.highdiy.com
  
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
  ' {871c5380-42a0-1069-a2ea-08002b30309d} ' =dword:00000000
  
• Restore the IE7 icon for the Vista Desktop (Classic theme). reg
  
  Copy code code as follows:
  
  windows registry editor version 5.00
  
  // PROVIDED BY&N Bsp;highdiy
  // http://windows-vista.highdiy.com
  
  [hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\c Urrentversion\explorer\hidedesktopicons\classicstartmenu]
  "{871c5380-42a0-1069-a2ea-08002b30309d}" =dword:0 0000000
  
  Download: Restore IE icon registry files for Windows Vista desktop