Today, we have to say goodbye to XP, which has been with us for 13 years. If you just upgraded from XP to Vista, Win7, Win8.1, you will find that the desktop of the new system is too simple, even the IE browser icon is not, in fact, it is fixed on the taskbar. But for the old user, the common properties, open the home page, no add-on running function, can not be found at the moment.
From XP SP3, Microsoft defaults to display the IE icon on the desktop of the computer. How can I get the familiar IE icon back to the old and new users' desktop?
At this time, we can use the registry method to manually add IE icons for Win7 and Win8.1.
The operation method is as follows: (all IE browser versions: IE8, IE9, IE10, IE11)
1. In the blank area of the desktop, create a new blank text document
2. Enter the following in the text as follows: Content:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Use this tweak to add the IE icon to Desktop
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}]
@=" @IEframe.dll,-880"
"InfoTip"="@,-881"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}\\DefaultIcon]
@="C :\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\IEframe.dll,-190"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}\\InProcServer32]
@="C:\\\\Windows\\ \\System32\\\\IEframe.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}\\shell\\Open\\Command]
@=" \\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Internet Explorer\\\\IExplore.exe\\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}\\shell\\InPrivate]
@=" @IEframe.dll,-13171"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B3030 1D}\\shell\\InPrivate\\Command]
@="\\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Internet Explorer\\\\IExplore.exe\\" -private"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0- 1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}\\shell\\Properties(R)]
@="@IEframe.dll,1031"
"Position"="bottom"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0- 1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}\\shell\\Properties(R)\\command]
@="rundll32.exe Shell32.dll, Control_RunDLL InetCpl.cpl,"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069- A2EA-08002B30301D}\\Shellex\\ContextMenuHandlers\\IEframe]
@="{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}\\Shellex \\MayChangeDefaultMenu]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}\\ShellFolder]
@="@IEframe.dll,-190"
" HideAsDeletePerUser"=""
"HideOnDesktopPerUser"=""
"HideFolderVerbs"=""
"WantsParseDisplayName"=""
"Attributes"=dWord:00000024
[HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\SOFTWARE\\ Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2 EA-08002B30301D}]
3. Save the blank text as, and change the text extension of .txt to the registry file extension, ie ".reg", for example, the IE icon .reg.
4, run the import display IE icon .reg registry file, refresh the desktop, the familiar IE icon will return to the desktop.
5, how to hide the IE icon, then we create a new registry file again, enter the following content:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Use this tweak to remove the IE icon from Desktop< Br>[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30301D}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace\\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA- 08002B30301D}]
6. Save the blank text as, change the text extension of .txt to the registry file extension, ie ".reg", for example cancel the IE icon.reg
7, run the import cancel After the IE icon .reg, the IE icon is automatically deleted.
In order to take care of new users, IT House has also compiled a complete display/cancel IE icon.reg registry file resource (click here to download), the user can display or cancel the IE icon after downloading. If you love third-party tools, you can also use the Rubik's landscaping master to show/hide IE with one click.