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Monday, 23 February 2009 11:55

Clicking on IE7 creates a new shortcut on desktop

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Issue Description:
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Double click IE icon on the Desktop. It won't open IE page but creates a shortcut to IE.

Cause:
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LegacyDisable subkey under the following two keys:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\Shellex]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Computer_User_Name\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\shell\OpenHome

Resolution:
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Delete the LegacyDisable subkey
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