testerh

John, thanks for this simple solution. It didn't show up in the Recycle Bin though. It being a special icon (not a regular shortcut) I didn't spend much time wondering. Good riddance.

John, Are you telling me it's that simple? And I was looking for registry hacks...

I am running XP Pro SP3, nLited with the current latest version. As part of of a malware repair, I had to install WindowsXP-KB310994-SP2-Pro-BootDisk-ENU.exe (to run ComboFix). The repair was successful, but the IE icon has appeared on my desktop. HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Explorer - NoInternetIcon=1 doesn't make it disappear. Any help greatly appreciated.