master_mtz Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 hi there ...firstly i would like to thank people in this forum for their usual help and great efforts .. i haev a question about making a system shortcut , or whate ever it is called on the desktop ... i mean something like IE and the recycleBin .. i don't know if this is the apporpriate place for this post , but i think this is not a programming issue ,, indeed it is something related to registry tweaks ...thx in advance .. waiting your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzöwl Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 and the question is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 (edited) If you are talking about the my documents, my computer, my network places, etc...try to use this:; Put My Computer Shortcut on Desktop[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000; Put My Network Places Shortcut on Desktop[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]"{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000; Put My Documents Shortcut on Desktop[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]"{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000; Put Printers Shortcut on Desktop[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}]@=" "; Put Scheduled Tasks Shortcut on Desktop[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]@=" "; Put Network Connections Shortcut on Desktop[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}]@=" "Hope you find it helpful, all you have to do is to put it in a .reg file Edited September 13, 2006 by mgadallah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 There're various ways to hide/restore these icons.My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places, Recycle Bin are all special folders.1. R click Desktop > Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop > General > Desktop icons2. TweakUI3. reg (as above) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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