Not surprisingly, Microsoft likes its IE logo, and it doesn??™t want you to
change it. Good thing we don??™t care what Microsoft wants.
It turns out that this problem is the result of an intentional change introduced
in Internet Explorer 7; while Microsoft insists that ???this behavior is by
design,??? it offers a hotfix update at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935779
that does indeed fix the problem.
At the time of this writing, you can??™t download this hotfix
directly from the Microsoft web site. Rather, Microsoft will
only let you have it if you pick up a telephone and call (the
U.S. number is 1-800-936-4900) to request that hotfix
935779 be sent to you via email. If you can??™t get it that way,
you can also download it from http://annoyances.org/935779
until it has been made more easily available via the Windows
Update service.
If Microsoft??™s hotfix doesn??™t solve the problem, try the following solution:
1. Open the Registry Editor (see Chapter 3).
2. Expand the branches to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\ShellEx.
Turn Off Internet Explorer
Thanks to a court settlement several years ago, you can completely block
Internet Explorer on your PC, a particularly effective tactic if you??™re setting
up a PC for someone else and you don??™t want to have to come back six
months later to cleanse it of spyware.
In Control Panel, open Default Programs, and then click the Set program
access and computer defaults link. In the window that appears, choose the
Custom option, and then click the little double-arrow icon on the right side
to expand the category.
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