To restore the show desktop icon: run: regsvr32 /s /n /i:U shell32 Looks like, it didnt work for me after RunOnceEx nLite will ask if you'd like to replace certain files: Integrate Ryan's pack and IE7 at the same time. You get a prompt keep the newer file (because IE7 uses an older version of a file).you need to hit NO for browseui.dl_, shdocvw.dl_, and shlwapi.dl_. That screen/prompt doesnt appear to me