Internet Explorer Desktop Icon Disappeared!

Hey all,

Well, my Internet Explorer desktop icon disappeared randomly two days ago.

I found multiple KB articles on this referring to a regedit that would fix

this problem, however the regedit DOES NOT make the icon nor the IE desktop

icon checkbox reappear. I know I can make a shortcut, which I have done,

however it's much more useful to have the correct icon that I can right

click to get properties/delete cache, etc. Any ideas? My setup: Vista

Home Premium, SP1, IE 7, all patches and updates up to date. To repeat I

have already tried the registry edit below and it DOES NOT work:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu]

"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]

"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

Help?

fvultee@hotmail.com