Here are some simple methods you can use to fix your Windows installation location.
Important: Windows 7 no longer supports the ability to modify the registry Get a dedicated Internet Explorer icon appear on your desktop. This change was designed to ensure Internet Explorer can be easily removed for compliance reasons Causes.
Ok, let’s forget about this formal agreement for a while 🙂
If you want to use this special Internet Explorer icon again, copy the following code into Notepad:
Windows Registry Editor 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Desktop NameSpace {00000000-0000-0000-0000-1000000001}]]@ = "Internet Explorer"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT CLSID {00000000-0000-0000-0000-1000000001}]@ = "Internet Explorer"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT CLSID {00000000-0000-0000-0000-1000000001} \ DefaultIcon]@ = "C: Windows System32 ieframe.dll, -190"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT CLSID {00000000-0000-0000-0000-1000000001} \ Shell]=[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT CLSID {00000000-0000-0000-0000-1000000001} \ shell NoAddOns]@ = "No add-ons (