Weird issue I just discovered since I use Firefox most of the time. With the latest beta_k and IE7 on XP Home and Pro SP3, clicking on the IE desktop shortcut only creates a copy of the shortcut. Right clicking does not show "open home page" in the context menu. Quick launch icon, start > programs > Internet Explorer, and start > run > iexplore.exe work fine. IE6 on Win2K works fine. This is with all current HF's. Anybody else have this happen?

Don't know why it's making a copy of the shortcut. I would delete it and create a new one by merging a reg file below.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu]
"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945402

Edited April 29, 200917 yr by -X-

The reg tweak didn't do anything. I checked my wife's laptop that I had last done using beta_d with XP Home SP3. The IE7 icon launches IE7 as usual. In the context menu there are entries for "open home page" and "start without add-ons". These are missing when I use beta_k, the first entry is "create shortcut", so when I double click the icon it creates a shortcut. It is no big deal I was just wondering if anyone else observed this.

Edit: Ran beta k with IE8 and KB968220. Everything works perfectly.

Edited April 30, 200917 yr by krose

I've the exact same issue:

-double-clicking creates a shortcut instead of starting ie

-right clicking the icon shows: create shortcut, delete, rename and properties instead of open home page, start without add-ons, create shortcut, delete, rename and properties

from: http://help.wugnet.com/windows/Double-clic...pict565593.html

See if this works for IE7 :

http://www.divshare.com/download/46737-e0a

I've the exact same issue:

-double-clicking creates a shortcut instead of starting ie

-right clicking the icon shows: create shortcut, delete, rename and properties instead of open home page, start without add-ons, create shortcut, delete, rename and properties

I thought I had messed something up. It's a relief to have confirmation from another user. I hope the reg tweak posted works for you. I am just going to stay with IE8 for now since it works. Thanks for the responses.

Edited May 1, 200917 yr by krose

from: http://help.wugnet.com/windows/Double-clic...pict565593.html

See if this works for IE7 :

http://www.divshare.com/download/46737-e0a

The registry key works partially, thanks for the input. Double clicking the icon now starts ie, but the "start without add-ons" option is stil "missing". I've also tried integrating XPSP2 + SP3 + IE7 whithout patches and XPSP + SP3 + IE7 with only the IE7 cummulative patch but it didn't make a difference.

Since IE8 is final for more then a month now it's a good moment to move up a version.

Edited May 1, 200917 yr by bozzy2k