How to Restore the IE Icon to the Desktop in Vista

Submit Your Tip

How to Restore the IE Icon to the Desktop in Vista – This is a place for the community to provide tips and advice on How to Restore the IE Icon to the Desktop in Vista. This topic was created by Doug Polanski and the tips are provided by the community. The tips you add here can be your own or referred from another site. The best tips are then ranked at the top when up-voted by members of the community.

Tip 1 - Add Internet Explorer Icon to Windows XP / Vista Desktop

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Michael Bronstine | permalink

I know what you are thinking. Can’t I just make a shortcut? Of course you can. But using this tweak you can recreate the native Internet Explorer icon the way it used to be in prior versions of Windows.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-internet-explorer-icon-to-windows-vista-desktop/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Restore, Enable and Display the Missing Internet Explorer (IE) Icon on Windows Vista Desktop - Tech Journey

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Nirvan Bhudai | permalink

Windows Vista does not place Internet Explorer (currently Internet Explorer 7 namely IE7) icon or shortcut on desktop. Even if initially there is IE desktop icon, once you delete or hide the IE icon, it’s pretty hard …

For further reading: https://techjourney.net/restore-enable-and-display-the-missing-internet-explorer-ie-icon-on-windows-vista-desktop/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Return familiar icons to your Vista desktop

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Digital Satan | permalink

While Microsoft has made Vista’s desktop a clean environment, they completely removed all of the familiar icons from Windows XP. Greg Shultz explains how you can return Computer, Documents, Network, and Internet Explorer icons to your desktop.

For further reading: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/return-familiar-icons-to-your-vista-desktop/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Restore Missing or Disappeared IE (Internet Explorer) Desktop Icon in Windows XP SP3 - Tip and Trick

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by LISA PANTONE | permalink

In Windows XP SP3 system, no matter it’s been upgraded from Windows XP with no service pack, SP1 or SP2 with XP SP3 standalone update package or Windows/Microsoft/Automatic Update, or …

For further reading: http://www.tipandtrick.net/restore-missing-or-disappeared-ie-internet-explorer-desktop-icon-in-windows-xp-sp3/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - How to restore internet explorer icon to the list of all programs

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sapphire Dragon | permalink

how to restore internet explorer icon to the list of all Programs above the Start Button?

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248086-44-restore-internet-explorer-icon-list-programs ^[5]

Tip 6 - How can I add the Internet Explorer icon back to the Windows Vista desktop?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by antoinette dumon | permalink

How can I add the Internet Explorer icon back to the Windows Vista desktop? Someone at the Microsoft Windows Vista design team thought it would be very neat to give us an operating system that had no icons on the desktop. "They’re smart enough to find what they need" they said. Well, I hate it, […]

For further reading: https://www.petri.com/add_ie_icon_to_the_desktop_in_vista ^[6]