Desktop

Desktop

One of the most popular customizations for Windows 98 was to remove the icons from the desktop. That meant that users did not display the My Documents icon or the Network Neighborhood icon. Windows has caught up with users' tastes and now displays only the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop by default.

If you miss the good old days, you can add the icons back to the desktop. Use the Tweak UI Desktop category. Table 5-17 describes the values corresponding to each icon. Add each value to the subkey NewStartPanel, creating it if it doesn't exist, and set it to 0x00 to hide the icon or to 0x01 to display the icon.

Table 5-17 Values in the Desktop Category

Setting	Name	Type	Data
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel
Internet Explorer	{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}	REG_DWORD	0x00 | 0x01
My Computer	{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}	REG_DWORD	0x00 | 0x01
My Documents	{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}	REG_DWORD	0x00 | 0x01
My Network Places	{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}	REG_DWORD	0x00 | 0x01
Recycle Bin	{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}	REG_DWORD	0x00 | 0x01

First Icon

Using the First Icon category, choose the icon that you want to appear first on the desktop: My Documents or My Computer. Table 5-18 describes the settings you need to apply for either scenario.

Table 5-18 Values in the First Icon Category

Setting	Name	Type	Data
HKCR\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
My Documents	SortOrderIndex	REG_DWORD	0x48
My Computer	SortOrderIndex	REG_DWORD	0x54