Oops! There I was playing around with my start menu when some how I managed to remove the Internet Explorer 7 link. As this no longer appears on the desktop as standard (in fact only one icon is standard and that’s the rubbish bin.) I think its time to sort things out.
So here we go let’s have a look at getting things sorted and my desktop ship shaped and Bristol fashioned.
First things first let’s put back the Internet Explorer that I deleted on the top of the start menu.
1. Right Click an empty space on the taskbar and select Properties.
2. Select the Start Menu tab then Customize.
3. Then place a tick in the Internet link check box and click Ok & Ok again.
Great that’s done now lets have a look at putting some useful icons on my desktop.
Desktop icons
1. Right click an empty space on the desktop and select Personalize.
2. Under Task’s in the left hand column select Change desktop icons.
3. Place Ticks in the icon check boxes that I would like then click OK.
The one icon that I really like on my desktop is the Internet Explorer I Know it’s already pin to the start menu and in the quick launch bar but to put it on the desktop will require me to dig a lot deeper into Windows Vista. For this we will need to edit the registry so make sure you back this up first.
1. Click the Start button and type regedit in the search box and hit Enter.
2. The User Account Control will ask for permission to continue (enter appropriate permissions).
3. Then find the following registry key:-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel
4. Select Edit from the tool bar New then DWORD 32-bit
5. Enter this key name exactly including brackets:-
{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
6.Close regedit, Right click an empty space on the desktop and click Refresh from the dropdown menu.
That’s it I’m all set up ready to run.
