IE icon on the desktop

[awergh]

Where is the ie icon on the desktop?

because id like to change it, its not in shell32.dll or iexplore.exe, is it in explorer.exe?

[RainyShadow]

Try MSHTML.DLL

[awergh]

are you sure because i looked at the file with reshack but it didnt even have the ie6 icon in it

[RainyShadow]

You are asking about the icon named "The Internet" right?

simple registry search reveals this:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3DC7A020-0ACD-11CF-A9BB-00AA004AE837}]
@="The Internet"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3DC7A020-0ACD-11CF-A9BB-00AA004AE837}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,00,00,a4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3DC7A020-0ACD-11CF-A9BB-00AA004AE837}\InProcServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\SHDOCVW.DLL"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3DC7A020-0ACD-11CF-A9BB-00AA004AE837}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\mshtml.dll,0"

I checked the file in Irfanview and it definitely contains the IE icon.

Edited May 29, 2006 by RainyShadow

[Targaff]

And isn't it easier just to change that DefaultIcon registry entry rather than reshack the library? I seem to remember that worked fine for me the one time I tried it.

[MDGx]

This is the registry value responsible for the desktop IE icon on my computer [Win98 SE]:

[HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Classes\CLSID\{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\SHDOCLC.DLL,0"

Of course, it can be changed to any other icon u wish:

[HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Classes\CLSID\{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\ICONS\\SMILIES.DLL,7"

Just remember, the 1st icon in a DLL/EXE/ICL file is always number 0 [zero] if more than 1.

The count goes down following vertical columns, which you can see when you change an icon to a shortcut.

ICO files contain only 1 viewable icon [at a time] even if they may actually contain more than 1, the others (if any) are of different number of colors +/- resolutions.

HTH

Edited May 30, 2006 by MDGx