Internet Explorer 7 icon missing

[Guest Neil Harrington]

I THINK this started after updating one of my WinXP computers to SP3, but

since it's not one I use online most of the time I can't be sure.

 

I've lost the regular blue-e-in-a-gold-orbit IE icon from my Start menu. Now

there's just a generic icon there. Anyone know how I can get the IE icon

back?

 

The IE version number is 7.0.5730.13.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: Internet Explorer 7 icon missing

 

Neil Harrington wrote:

> I THINK this started after updating one of my WinXP computers to SP3, but

> since it's not one I use online most of the time I can't be sure.

>

> I've lost the regular blue-e-in-a-gold-orbit IE icon from my Start menu. Now

> there's just a generic icon there. Anyone know how I can get the IE icon

> back?

>

> The IE version number is 7.0.5730.13.

>

>

If you open the file association dialog or even properties on that icon,

you usually have an option to change the icon. If it points to

iexplor.exe, there are several different icons built into that exe file

you as a user can pick from. I've changed mine to a more vivid or

bolder icon for my eyes.

[Guest whitcheywoman13]

Re: Internet Explorer 7 icon missing

 

i had the same problem...i had to reinstall ie7 to get it to work

right...hope that helps...

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

> Neil Harrington wrote:

> > I THINK this started after updating one of my WinXP computers to SP3, but

> > since it's not one I use online most of the time I can't be sure.

> >

> > I've lost the regular blue-e-in-a-gold-orbit IE icon from my Start menu. Now

> > there's just a generic icon there. Anyone know how I can get the IE icon

> > back?

> >

> > The IE version number is 7.0.5730.13.

> >

> >

> If you open the file association dialog or even properties on that icon,

> you usually have an option to change the icon. If it points to

> iexplor.exe, there are several different icons built into that exe file

> you as a user can pick from. I've changed mine to a more vivid or

> bolder icon for my eyes.

>

[Guest Neil Harrington]

Re: Internet Explorer 7 icon missing

 

 

"Big_Al" <BigAl@md.com> wrote in message

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> Neil Harrington wrote:

>> I THINK this started after updating one of my WinXP computers to SP3, but

>> since it's not one I use online most of the time I can't be sure.

>>

>> I've lost the regular blue-e-in-a-gold-orbit IE icon from my Start menu.

>> Now there's just a generic icon there. Anyone know how I can get the IE

>> icon back?

>>

>> The IE version number is 7.0.5730.13.

> If you open the file association dialog or even properties on that icon,

> you usually have an option to change the icon. If it points to

> iexplor.exe, there are several different icons built into that exe file

> you as a user can pick from. I've changed mine to a more vivid or bolder

> icon for my eyes.

 

Thanks, but this icon is above the line in the Start menu and right-clicking

on it doesn't provide any option for changing it.

[Guest Neil Harrington]

Re: Internet Explorer 7 icon missing

 

 

"whitcheywoman13" <whitcheywoman13@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:7A872E15-707D-480E-A64C-7F1226CF35E5@microsoft.com...

>i had the same problem...i had to reinstall ie7 to get it to work

> right...hope that helps...

 

Thanks -- it did lead me to an easier solution: I right clicked on the

generic icon, clicked on "Remove from This List," then went to All Programs

and the Internet Explorer shortcut there, right clicked on that icon (which

was the correct one) and clicked on "Pin to Start menu." That fixed it.

[Guest Daave]

Re: Internet Explorer 7 icon missing

 

Neil Harrington wrote:

> I THINK this started after updating one of my WinXP computers to SP3,

> but since it's not one I use online most of the time I can't be sure.

>

> I've lost the regular blue-e-in-a-gold-orbit IE icon from my Start

> menu. Now there's just a generic icon there. Anyone know how I can

> get the IE icon back?

>

> The IE version number is 7.0.5730.13.

 

See if this helps:

 

http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/restore-missing-or-disappeared-ie-internet-explorer-desktop-icon-in-windows-xp-sp3/