INTERNET EXPLORER FILE

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Create a shortcut in All Programs to
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
(assuming the standard path to iexplore.exe)

....Alan
 
Does IE run when you click the desktop icon?

Please don't use all caps when answering.
 
MIKEP said:
IE IS LOCATED ON THE DESKTOP ICON.......BUT IT IS MISSING IN THE ALL PROGRAMS
FILES
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Always disclose your OS and version when you're asking for help.

XP provides various ways of inhibiting the display of the IE icon.
E.g. in Add/Remove Programs Add/Remove Windows Components
the checkmark beside Internet Explorer may be missing.


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thanks Robert but i am not looking for an IE icon........you know on the
desktop there is a file listed as ALL PROGRAMS....once click you can see all
the programs files that on your pc.........now from that list of programs i
am should be able to click on program file INTERNET EXPLORER.....but somehow
it has been deleted....
 
MIKEP said:
thanks Robert but i am not looking for an IE icon........you know on the
desktop there is a file listed as ALL PROGRAMS....once click you can see all
the programs files that on your pc.........now from that list of programs i
am should be able to click on program file INTERNET EXPLORER.....but somehow
it has been deleted....
Click to expand...


I will continue my example assuming you are an XP user. ; }

What you're thinking of is in fact a shortcut. E.g. a *.lnk file.
To see this better, right-click on the Start button and choose Explore...
In the folders pane click on Programs. Use the Details View

Hmm... that hides the *.lnk extension, although it does say Shortcut
under the Type column heading. To really see what I want to show you
you need to select and copy the contents of the Explorer Address bar
(i.e. the path to the Programs subdirectory). E.g. press Alt-d,Ctrl-c

Now switch to a cmd window and type cd /d
Leave a space after that /d switch but don't press Enter yet.
Right-click and click Paste. Now press Enter.

Now enter dir and you'll see all the remaining *.lnk files
(where your Internet Explorer.lnk file used to be.)


I don't know exactly which shortcuts the various options remove
but that very well may be one of them. I prefer the one in the Start menu
itself myself and probably wouldn't even miss that one, however it got
removed.


HTH

Robert
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