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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: uli_glueck on August 17, 2006, 05:27:27 AM

Title: Delete IE Icon from Desktop
Post by: uli_glueck on August 17, 2006, 05:27:27 AM

Hello,

I have to install IE 5.5 on my users pcs cause some Progs need it for whatever.
Now I tried to delete the IE Icon from the desktop but the Icon is still there.
(All "Internet Exploerer.lnk" files are deleted.)

What else is to do to delete the icon from the desktop?

System in WinNT4

thanks in advance for any help
uli

Title: Re: Delete IE Icon from Desktop
Post by: Fed on August 17, 2006, 03:07:29 PM

IE>Tools>Internet Options>Advanced>UNTICK "Show Internet Explorer on Desktop"

Title: Re: Delete IE Icon from Desktop
Post by: uli_glueck on August 18, 2006, 02:32:44 AM

Many thanks for reply FED.
It helps me only  a little cause I have to allocate IE to 80 pcs.
That means 80 times clicking after allocation.
Do you maybe know the registry key?

uli

Title: Re: Delete IE Icon from Desktop
Post by: Fed on August 18, 2006, 02:47:13 AM

I don't know the key uli but hopefully someone will.

Title: Re: Delete IE Icon from Desktop
Post by: Fed on August 18, 2006, 04:29:24 AM

Are you on drugs?

Title: Re: Delete IE Icon from Desktop
Post by: uli_glueck on August 18, 2006, 05:26:15 AM

Quote

? IE is free... dude. so why do u need a key for?

I don't need a registration key. I need the registry key to delete the Icon on the desktop!

FEDs question seems to be entitled.;-)

uli

Title: Re: Delete IE Icon from Desktop
Post by: uli_glueck on August 22, 2006, 02:29:53 AM

I worked it out:



This reg key has to be changed to 0x00100024 (bzw. dezimal 1048612):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder\Attributes=

and this one to be deleted:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}

uli