Display general Windows icons on the desktop.

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This setting enables the display of general Windows Icons.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
The icons on the desktop can be displayed or hidden according to your choice. Sometimes, you may have to press the key f5 to refresh the changes. This setting enables the display of general windows icons but this requires some changes in the windows registry. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Here, create the subkeys with their respective guids that you want to show on desktop. However, if you want to get the original state of desktop, delete the added subkeys. <table><tr><td><p align="center"><span style="font-size: 11px"><span style="font-family: verdana">icon name</span></span></td><td> <center> guid</td></tr><tr><td><center>recycle bin</td><td><center>{645ff040-5081-101b-9f08-00aa002f954e}</td></tr><tr><td><center>printer</td><td><center>{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}</td></tr><tr><td><center>scheduled tasks</td><td><center>{d6277990-4c6a-11cf-8d87-00aa0060f5bf}</td></tr><tr><td><center>outlook</td><td><center>{00020d75-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}</td></tr><tr><td><center>msn icon</td><td><center>{88667d10-10f0-11d0-8150-00aa00bf8457}</td></tr><tr><td><center>msn icon (2.x only)</td><td><center> {00028b00-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}</td></tr><tr><td><center>aol desktop icon</td><td><center>{955b7b84-5308-419c-8ed8-0b9ca3c56985}</td></tr><tr><td><center>dial-up and network</td><td><center>{992cffa0-f557-101a-88ec-00dd010ccc48}</td></tr><tr><td><center>my bluetooth places (widcomm)</td><td><center>{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}</td></tr></table> the changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]</b> key, right-click and click on "New > Key" to create a new key with the name "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}".
The created key '{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}' will look like below.
Similarly, create the keys "{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}", "{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}", "{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}", "{88667D10-10F0-11D0-8150-00AA00BF8457}", "{00028B00-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}", "{955B7B84-5308-419c-8ED8-0B9CA3C56985}", "{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}" and "{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}".


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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {88667D10-10F0-11D0-8150-00AA00BF8457}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {00028B00-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {955B7B84-5308-419c-8ED8-0B9CA3C56985}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: {6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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