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Firefox Desktop Icon

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Hi guys,

Looking at June screenshots, I saw a Firefox icon in the form of one of the "non-shortcut" style desktop icons on 2forza's screenshots.

I could PM him, but I thought more people might like to know how it was achieved :P So, is getting the Firefox icon on the desktop like that easily done and if so how :whistle:

:P

Firefox Static Desktop Icon

http://collingrady.com/2004/12/12/firefox-...c-desktop-icon/

Just apply the register and you ll get that static desktop icon.

to enable it

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}]
@="Firefox"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell]
@="&Open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell\Open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell\Open\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell\Options]
@="Op&tions"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell\Options\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe -chrome chrome://browser/content/pref/pref.xul"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell\Profile Manager]
@="&Profile Manager"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell\Profile Manager\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe -p"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell\Safe Mode]
@="&Safe Mode"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\Shell\Safe Mode\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe -safe-mode"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}]

to disable it

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{0011C78C-4B81-41d2-80F5-3D992DD9ACC7}]

Edited by 2forza

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