Why there's no IE icon on SP3?

[Guest Sin Jeong-hun]

I can't find Internet Explorer in the Desktop icon customization

dialog on Windows XP Service Pack 3. Is this because of some sort of

lawsuit thing from other web browser makers?

[Guest Molly]

Re: Why there's no IE icon on SP3?

 

Oh yeah, look for the application mentioned below. Spent a good part

of yesterday getting the critter off my system. FixIEDef. Google it.

Works like a charm.

 

 

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:34:27 -0700 (PDT), Sin Jeong-hun

<typingcat@gmail.com> wrote:

>I can't find Internet Explorer in the Desktop icon customization

>dialog on Windows XP Service Pack 3. Is this because of some sort of

>lawsuit thing from other web browser makers?

 

Got a program aboard with an associated trojan. Loaded it was eating

memory... grinding, grinding, always 97% memory usage. In addition to

which IE would take FOREVER to load. And when I ran defrag, etc.

there were always two messages, one says it cannot locate the recycle

(not sure if this problem is related.) While the second message was

that the cache for IE was missing or otherwise not accessible. So I

removed one trojan and an IE cache rider that was seriously malicious.

Then, when dumping the above,a program purporting to be from XP

hijacked IE and started what appeaed to be an official virus scan.When

I tried to click the site and figure out what was going on, it

suddenly closed. I then ran Spy Doc and found the scan had planted

changes in my registry. Spyware got some out, after which I did a

google on the critter and found a program called FixIEDef. I hit run

and it scanned my registry and came up with the following:

 

!!! Files that have been deleted !!!

 

C:\WINDOWS\hosts

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

!!! Directories that have been removed !!!

 

No malicious directories to be removed

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

!!! Registry entries that have been removed !!!

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

"NoDispBackgroundPage"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

"NoDispScrSavPage"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{4937D5D1-2039-409A-BD83-FEC9B39B2356}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{CAF9D798-C659-4B9B-8E19-EE27C3D04EE7}

 

Four different infections from one trojan. Ah, next stop is to leave

a message for those enabling the d/l that set the whole thing off.

 

Molly

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Why there's no IE icon on SP3?

 

"Sin Jeong-hun" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:c1b1ff34-0767-4ca4-ba53-e36994d1308a@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>I can't find Internet Explorer in the Desktop icon customization

> dialog on Windows XP Service Pack 3. Is this because of some sort of

> lawsuit thing from other web browser makers?

 

 

Do you have IE 7 installed? If so, take a look at the following article.

 

Internet Explorer 7 Desktop icon missing

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555849

 

Note: You may not find the value listed in that article in the right hand pane

of this registry key.

 

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel

 

If that happens, right click an open spot in the right hand pane and select

New ->DWORD value from the menu. Right click the new value and select Modify

from the menu. Change the name to {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} and set

the entry under Value data to 0.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Molly]

Re: Why there's no IE icon on SP3?

 

Apologies. I need to increase the font size. Can't tell what message

I'm responding to.

 

Glump,

Molly

 

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:34:27 -0700 (PDT), Sin Jeong-hun

<typingcat@gmail.com> wrote:

>I can't find Internet Explorer in the Desktop icon customization

>dialog on Windows XP Service Pack 3. Is this because of some sort of

>lawsuit thing from other web browser makers?

[Guest Sin Jeong-hun]

Re: Why there's no IE icon on SP3?

 

On Jul 6, 1:20 am, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:

> "Sin Jeong-hun" <typing...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:c1b1ff34-0767-4ca4-ba53-e36994d1308a@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>

> >I can't find Internet Explorer in the Desktop icon customization

> > dialog on Windows XP Service Pack 3. Is this because of some sort of

> > lawsuit thing from other web browser makers?

>

> Do you have IE 7 installed? If so, take a look at the following article.

>

> Internet Explorer 7 Desktop icon missinghttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/555849

>

> Note: You may not find the value listed in that article in the right hand pane

> of this registry key.

>

> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\Ne­wStartPanel

>

> If that happens, right click an open spot in the right hand pane and select

> New ->DWORD value from the menu. Right click the new value and select Modify

> from the menu. Change the name to {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} and set

> the entry under Value data to 0.

>

> Good luck

>

> Nepatsfan

 

Thank you for your answer. So it's not because of Service Pack 3, but

because of IE 7. However, what I wanted to know was not the solution

but the reason. I've read the article you have mentioned and found

that it is "by design". I still don't understand since I think many

people want the IE icon on their desktop. Does someone know why

Microsoft changed the design? Isn't this somehow related to the anti-

monopoly or something?

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Why there's no IE icon on SP3?

 

Sin Jeong-hun wrote:

>>> I can't find Internet Explorer in the Desktop icon customization

>>> dialog on Windows XP Service Pack 3. Is this because of some sort of

>>> lawsuit thing from other web browser makers?

>>

>> Do you have IE 7 installed? If so, take a look at the following article.

>>

>> Internet Explorer 7 Desktop icon

>> missinghttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/555849

>>

>> Note: You may not find the value listed in that article in the right hand

>> pane of this registry key.

>>

>> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\Ne­wStartPanel

>>

>> If that happens, right click an open spot in the right hand pane and

>> select

>> New ->DWORD value from the menu. Right click the new value and select

>> Modify from the menu. Change the name to

>> {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} and set the entry under Value data

>> to 0.

>

> Thank you for your answer. So it's not because of Service Pack 3, but

> because of IE 7. However, what I wanted to know was not the solution

> but the reason. I've read the article you have mentioned and found

> that it is "by design". I still don't understand since I think many

> people want the IE icon on their desktop. Does someone know why

> Microsoft changed the design? Isn't this somehow related to the anti-

> monopoly or something?

 

Something like that, yes (and MS is saying anything about it).

 

Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and seek

support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

 

On the web:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

 

In your newsreader:

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

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[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Why there's no IE icon on SP3?

 

"Sin Jeong-hun" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:c4bd3668-7296-4f8d-a4f6-76392a942ef6@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

On Jul 6, 1:20 am, "Nepatsfan" <nepats...@SBXXXIX.com> wrote:

> "Sin Jeong-hun" <typing...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:c1b1ff34-0767-4ca4-ba53-e36994d1308a@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>

> >I can't find Internet Explorer in the Desktop icon customization

> > dialog on Windows XP Service Pack 3. Is this because of some sort of

> > lawsuit thing from other web browser makers?

>

> Do you have IE 7 installed? If so, take a look at the following article.

>

> Internet Explorer 7 Desktop icon missinghttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/555849

>

> Note: You may not find the value listed in that article in the right hand pane

> of this registry key.

>

> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\Ne­wStartPanel

>

> If that happens, right click an open spot in the right hand pane and select

> New ->DWORD value from the menu. Right click the new value and select Modify

> from the menu. Change the name to {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} and

> set

> the entry under Value data to 0.

>

> Good luck

>

> Nepatsfan

>Thank you for your answer. So it's not because of Service Pack 3, but

>because of IE 7. However, what I wanted to know was not the solution

>but the reason. I've read the article you have mentioned and found

>that it is "by design". I still don't understand since I think many

>people want the IE icon on their desktop. Does someone know why

>Microsoft changed the design? Isn't this somehow related to the anti-

>monopoly or something?

 

You might want to ask that question in the IE7 newsgroup. Any response I could

make would be speculation. Search Google Groups for

microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Why there's no IE icon on SP3?

 

CORRECTION

 

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:

<snip>

> Something like that, yes (and MS is NOT saying anything about it).