How to restore the big Desktop blue E ? ...

AJR

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Dec 11, 2006, 12:07:27 PM12/11/06

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...for MS Internet Explorer, rather than just creating a shortcut ?

I know that you can just switch it on somewhere but, I can NEVER ever find
it ?

Big TIA

regards

Tom Porterfield

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Dec 11, 2006, 12:17:54 PM12/11/06

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AJR wrote:
> ...for MS Internet Explorer, rather than just creating a shortcut ?
>
> I know that you can just switch it on somewhere but, I can NEVER ever find
> it ?

Right click on a blank area of the desktop and select Properties. This will
open your display properties. Go to the Desktop tab and click Customize
Desktop. On the general tab make sure Internet Explorer has a check next to
it in the Desktop icons area. OK/Apply your changes.
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Tom Porterfield

AJR

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Dec 11, 2006, 2:23:38 PM12/11/06

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Thanks Tom,

Found that and it didn't work. Am currently Windows updating this notebook
to SP2, then will stuff in IE7 and hope that fixes it. There is a fault in
its' IE6 in the www.argos.co.uk web site causes that browser to bomb-out !
...even though that site is in Trusted Sites zone. I always use that site
for testing, never seen it do that b4, so suspect damage to IE6 somewhere.

regards, Richard

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john7

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Dec 11, 2006, 2:28:28 PM12/11/06

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MS, here is a lesson to be learned !

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Rock

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Dec 11, 2006, 2:46:47 PM12/11/06

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"john7" wrote

And what, exactly, is that? BTW, you are not talking to MS here. This is a
peer to peer support group hosted on an MS server. If you want to suggest
something to MS:
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?WS=Wish

Rock

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Dec 11, 2006, 2:48:57 PM12/11/06

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"AJR" wrote

> Thanks Tom,
>
> Found that and it didn't work. Am currently Windows updating this
> notebook to SP2, then will stuff in IE7 and hope that fixes it. There is
> a fault in its' IE6 in the www.argos.co.uk web site causes that browser to
> bomb-out ! ...even though that site is in Trusted Sites zone. I always
> use that site for testing, never seen it do that b4, so suspect damage to
> IE6 somewhere.

> "Tom Porterfield" <tppo...@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%2313vMhU...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> AJR wrote:
>>> ...for MS Internet Explorer, rather than just creating a shortcut ?
>>>
>>> I know that you can just switch it on somewhere but, I can NEVER ever
>>> find
>>> it ?
>>
>> Right click on a blank area of the desktop and select Properties. This
>> will open your display properties. Go to the Desktop tab and click
>> Customize Desktop. On the general tab make sure Internet Explorer has a
>> check next to it in the Desktop icons area. OK/Apply your changes.

Installing IE7 on top of a problematic IE6 might cause even more problems.
Also there is a specific internet explorer newsgroup where IE questions
should be posted.

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

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

cornbread99

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Feb 10, 2007, 12:16:01 PM2/10/07

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"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

> Thanks, Tom! That answered MY question. I had the IE7 icon on the desktop on my HP laptop, but not on my Dell tower. I had tried re-installing the IE7 updates and everything. Thanks!