IE quick launch gone after SP2 upgrade

oaksie · 09-09-2006, 08:37 AM

Sorry for this query because the answer may be blindingly obvious to everyone, but I can't find any info either here or when Googling. . .

Microsoft says it isn't supporting SP1 after October 10th so XP Home users like me had better install SP2. I'm always loathe to install just about anything from Microsoft because chaos has always followed in the past.

Anyway. Today I lost the morning downloading and auto installing Service Pack 2. . and having lost the morning, I've now lost the IE icon on my Quick Launch toolbar at the bottom of my screen.

All other QL icons are intact. But no Internet Explorer.

The only way of opening the browser is to click Start then go to the tp of the menu and click IE there -- hardly an improvement.

Has anyone else experienced the loss of the IE icon from their QL bar after installation of SP2? If so, what's the cure????

Thanks!

**Terrister** · 09-09-2006, 09:00 AM

Not sure why it went away, but I do know how too fix it.
Go to the start menu and right click on the IE icon. Choose copy. Now go to the desktop and right click, choose paste.
Now drag the IE icon into the quicklaunch area. You will see a black line when it is in the right place. Let go and you should have an IE icon in quicklaunch. If not, keep trying.

oaksie · 09-11-2006, 08:52 AM

Hi Terrister -- many thanks for that, I felt guilty about posting such a dumb query!

Your solution worked straight off the bat (and of course, if I'd had even half a functioning brain cell, I'd have stopped to think first before posting anyway, because there's presumably an exe in Internet Explorer in the Programs folder and I could've created a short cut from that).

Heigh ho. Old age and decrepitude overwhelmeth.

Thanks again for your help!

09-09-2006, 08:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
oaksie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 18 OS: Win XP	IE quick launch gone after SP2 upgrade Sorry for this query because the answer may be blindingly obvious to everyone, but I can't find any info either here or when Googling. . . Microsoft says it isn't supporting SP1 after October 10th so XP Home users like me had better install SP2. I'm always loathe to install just about anything from Microsoft because chaos has always followed in the past. Anyway. Today I lost the morning downloading and auto installing Service Pack 2. . and having lost the morning, I've now lost the IE icon on my Quick Launch toolbar at the bottom of my screen. All other QL icons are intact. But no Internet Explorer. The only way of opening the browser is to click Start then go to the tp of the menu and click IE there -- hardly an improvement. Has anyone else experienced the loss of the IE icon from their QL bar after installation of SP2? If so, what's the cure???? Thanks!

09-09-2006, 09:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Not sure why it went away, but I do know how too fix it. Go to the start menu and right click on the IE icon. Choose copy. Now go to the desktop and right click, choose paste. Now drag the IE icon into the quicklaunch area. You will see a black line when it is in the right place. Let go and you should have an IE icon in quicklaunch. If not, keep trying. __________________

09-11-2006, 08:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
oaksie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 18 OS: Win XP	Hi Terrister -- many thanks for that, I felt guilty about posting such a dumb query! Your solution worked straight off the bat (and of course, if I'd had even half a functioning brain cell, I'd have stopped to think first before posting anyway, because there's presumably an exe in Internet Explorer in the Programs folder and I could've created a short cut from that). Heigh ho. Old age and decrepitude overwhelmeth. Thanks again for your help!