IE Icon on desktop open another shortcut

[Simon C]

I have performed a repairing reinstallation of my windows XP professional
XP2. IE7 was uninstalled and got back IE6 after reinsatllation. Now when I
click the IE icon on he desktop, it will open a IE short cut rather then IE
browser.

How to fix it?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I have performed a repairing reinstallation of my windows XP professional
XP2. IE7 was uninstalled and got back IE6 after reinsatllation. Now when I
click the IE icon on he desktop, it will open a IE short cut rather then IE
browser.

Right-click whatever it is that you are "clicking" on.
What do you see? In particular which menu item is bolded?
The menu item which is bolded is the one that is used as a default
when you click on that icon. Hence, if you see "Create Shortcut"
is bolded, that's what happens.

How to fix it?

Using a registry hack.


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[Don Varnau]

Hi,
When you right-click> Properties that icon, do you get Internet Options or
the standard Properties screen (the one you would see with other shortcuts?)

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Simon C]

I mean for the time being when I double click the IE icon on desktop, it
won't start IE browser but it will create an IE shortcut. Before I did an
upgrade installation for repairing the windows problem and it requires me to
uninstall IE7. After reinstallation of Windows, the internet explorer
vervsion became IE6.

my computer is running Windows XP profressional SP2.

So how I could fix the problem.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Why did you do the Repair Install? Did you uninstall IE7 before doing the
Repair Install?

 

[Simon C]

I have uninstalled IE7 before perfomring repairing installation of Windows.
Right click the IE icon ->Property, I could see the standard property screen
with three tags: general, shortcut and compatibiltty.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I have uninstalled IE7 before perfomring repairing installation of Windows.
Right click the IE icon ->Property, I could see the standard property screen
with three tags: general, shortcut and compatibiltty.

That's not what I asked. However, that could mean that you are using
a Desktop Shortcut (aka, *.LNK file), which is not what you made me
think of by referring explicitly to "the IE icon on the desktop".


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[Simon C]

The roginal IE icon on destop is not a shortcut. Right click it and property
it would have several tabs including general, security...etc.

How I do to restore it? using a registry hack? how ?

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

The roginal IE icon on destop is not a shortcut. Right click it and
property it would have several tabs including general, security...etc.

How I do to restore it? using a registry hack? how ?

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555849/en-us
"Internet Explorer 7 Desktop icon missing".
And:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm
"100. Restore the missing Internet Explorer icon to the Desktop in Windows
XP (link to a .REG file)".

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional since 2003
Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Desktop Experience & Security
My MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Vincenzo
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I have performed a repairing reinstallation of my windows XP professional
XP2. IE7 was uninstalled and got back IE6 after reinsatllation. Now when I
click the IE icon on he desktop, it will open a IE short cut rather then
IE
browser.

How to fix it?

From TaurArian:

Issue Description:
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Double click IE icon on the Desktop. It won't open IE page but creates a
shortcut to IE.


Cause:
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LegacyDisable subkey under the following two keys:


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\Shellex]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Computer_User_Name\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D�}\shell\OpenHome


Resolution:
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Delete the LegacyDisable subkey


How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756