Hi There,

I have been searching and looked through Registry Tweaks and everything. ANyone know how to add My Computer & My Network Places Icons to the desktop during Unattended install?

The only way I have done it is using TweakUI After getting into Windows.

Any Help?

heres the answer to your question, but im sure this post is in the wrong section and this topic has been covered many of times

;Configure Desktop

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

"{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

"{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000

first one is my documents

second should be my networks

third should be my computer

if you want the order of my computer first also use

;Puts My Computer Icon First

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054

hope that helps but pls try to use the search function and also this is definatly covered in the tweaks section

This probably has somewhere too, but what about Control panel icons

I need the internet options placed in desktop ua.

This probably has somewhere too, but what about Control panel icons

I need the internet options placed in desktop ua.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ive inquired about this a few times already and havent come up with any method of reg tweaks to place control panel icons on the desktop... only 2 options I was able to come up with however....

1. Create the shortcut manually by dragging the Control Panel icon to desktop or right click and Sent To > Desktop. Then toss this someplace on your UACD and have it copied to your desktop as part of your installation.

2. If you goto C:\WINDOWS\system32, youll noticed a bunch of .cpl files. If you double click them youll notice that they launch control panel sections. You could always copy the appropriate file (inetcpl.cpl for Internet Options) or create a shortcut to it via batch file or the such....

If someone has figured out another method, by all means post up cause Ive been looking for one for a while now!

Hope this helps!

Hi There,

Thank you very much!

Sorry about not searching. I only had about 2 Minues to ask my question so I didn't have time to search it.

I will try it out. THANKS!

This probably has somewhere too, but what about Control panel icons

I need the internet options placed in desktop ua.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ive inquired about this a few times already and havent come up with any method of reg tweaks to place control panel icons on the desktop... only 2 options I was able to come up with however....

1. Create the shortcut manually by dragging the Control Panel icon to desktop or right click and Sent To > Desktop. Then toss this someplace on your UACD and have it copied to your desktop as part of your installation.

2. If you goto C:\WINDOWS\system32, youll noticed a bunch of .cpl files. If you double click them youll notice that they launch control panel sections. You could always copy the appropriate file (inetcpl.cpl for Internet Options) or create a shortcut to it via batch file or the such....

If someone has figured out another method, by all means post up cause Ive been looking for one for a while now!

Hope this helps!

You wanted it, so here is a quick and easy, and IMHO very pretty way to do it.

Save the following into a .reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Add Item to the Desktop
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{6d73666e-2e6f-7267-0666-000000000001}]

;Item Details
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6d73666e-2e6f-7267-0666-000000000001}]
"InfoTip"="Internet Options Desktop Icon - By DaCheetah"
"NeverShowExt"=""
@="Internet Options"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6d73666e-2e6f-7267-0666-000000000001}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINNT\\system32\\inetcpl.cpl,27"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6d73666e-2e6f-7267-0666-000000000001}\Shell\Open]
@="Open Internet &Options Control Panel"
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6d73666e-2e6f-7267-0666-000000000001}\Shell\Open\Command]
@="rundll32.exe shell32,Control_RunDLL inetcpl.cpl"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6d73666e-2e6f-7267-0666-000000000001}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:00,00,00,00

And run it.

Tada!

To uninstall, do the same thing with this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Remove Item from the Desktop
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{6d73666e-2e6f-7267-0666-000000000001}]

;Remove Item Details
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{6d73666e-2e6f-7267-0666-000000000001}]

Ta, I'll keep that one in mind.

Glad to have helped.

Just for the record, the CSLID key I chose starts with "6d73666e-2e6f-7267" which (dashes removed) is Hex for "msfn.org".