My computer icon is missing

[Sal at work]

Hello

User lost their My Computer icon.
It is not in the recyle bin.
Any ideas how to restore it to the deskstop?

Thanks

SAF

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hello

User lost their My Computer icon.
It is not in the recyle bin.
Any ideas how to restore it to the deskstop?

Thanks

SAF

Merge the follow .reg file with the registry.
Shutdown and restart.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
@=hex(2):25,55,73,65,72,4e,61,6d,65,25,20,25,43,6f,6d,70,75,74,65,72,4e,61,6d,\
65,25,20,25,55,73,65,72,44,6f,6d,61,69,6e,25,00
"InfoTip"="Displays the files and folders on your computer"
"LocalizedString"=hex(2):40,43,3a,5c,57,49,4e,4e,54,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6d,33,32,\
5c,73,68,65,6c,6c,33,32,2e,64,6c,6c,2c,2d,39,32,31,36,40,31,30,33,33,2c,25,\
55,73,65,72,4e,61,6d,65,25,20,25,43,6f,6d,70,75,74,65,72,4e,61,6d,65,25,20,\
25,55,73,65,72,44,6f,6d,61,69,6e,25,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,2e,65,\
78,65,2c,30,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6d,33,32,5c,73,\
68,65,6c,6c,33,32,2e,64,6c,6c,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell]
@="none"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find]
@="S&earch..."

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\command]
@=hex(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,2e,65,\
78,65,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage]
@="Mana&ge"
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage\command]
@=hex(2):25,77,69,6e,64,69,72,25,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6d,33,32,5c,6d,6d,63,2e,65,\
78,65,20,2f,73,20,25,77,69,6e,64,69,72,25,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6d,33,32,5c,63,\
6f,6d,70,6d,67,6d,74,2e,6d,73,63,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shellex]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews\{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]
"PersistMoniker"="file://%webdir%\\folder.htt"



Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Me]

Nice and simple solution then i see

-----Original Message-----

Hello

User lost their My Computer icon.
It is not in the recyle bin.
Any ideas how to restore it to the deskstop?

Thanks

SAF

Merge the follow .reg file with the registry.
Shutdown and restart.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA- 1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]

@=hex

(2):25,55,73,65,72,4e,61,6d,65,25,20,25,43,6f,6d,70,75,74,6
5,72,4e,61,6d,\
65,25,20,25,55,73,65,72,44,6f,6d,61,69,6e,25,00
"InfoTip"="Displays the files and folders on your computer"

"LocalizedString"=hex

(2):40,43,3a,5c,57,49,4e,4e,54,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6d,33,32,\5c,73,68,65,6c,6c,33,32,2e,64,6c,6c,2c,2d,39,32,31,36,40,31
,30,33,33,2c,25,\55,73,65,72,4e,61,6d,65,25,20,25,43,6f,6d,70,75,74,65,72,4e
,61,6d,65,25,20,\

25,55,73,65,72,44,6f,6d,61,69,6e,25,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon]

@=hex

(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,45,78,70,6c,6f,7
2,65,72,2e,65,\

78,65,2c,30,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\InProcServer32]

@=hex

(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6
d,33,32,5c,73,\

68,65,6c,6c,33,32,2e,64,6c,6c,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA- 1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell]
@="none"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find]

@="S&earch..."

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\command]

@=hex

(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,45,78,70,6c,6f,7
2,65,72,2e,65,\

78,65,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA- 1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec\application]

@="Folders"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]

@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage]

@="Mana&ge"
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage\command]

@=hex

(2):25,77,69,6e,64,69,72,25,5c,73,79,73,74,65,6d,33,32,5c,6
d,6d,63,2e,65,\78,65,20,2f,73,20,25,77,69,6e,64,69,72,25,5c,73,79,73,74,65
,6d,33,32,5c,63,\

6f,6d,70,6d,67,6d,74,2e,6d,73,63,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shellex]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-

1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews\{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-
08002B2E1262}]
"PersistMoniker"="file://%webdir%\\folder.htt"



Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
.