My Registry Mess

[Plasma_Snake]

I installed XP 64-bit today and since it was not giving me option to show or hide desktop icons in the Right-Click menu, I decided to get registry entries to do so. I got them from this link, http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm. The code is the actual contents of the registry file:

'Enable or Disable Desktop Icons

Message = "To work correctly, the script will close" & vbCR
Message = Message & "and restart the Windows Explorer shell." & vbCR
Message = Message & "This will not harm your system." & vbCR & vbCR
Message = Message & "Continue?"

X = MsgBox(Message, vbYesNo, "Notice")

If X = 6 Then

On Error Resume Next

Dim WSHShell, n, MyBox, p, t, errnum, vers
Dim itemtype
Dim enab, disab, jobfunc

Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
p = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDesktop"

itemtype = "REG_DWORD"

enab = "ENABLED"
disab = "DISABLED"
jobfunc = "Desktop Icons are now "

t = "Confirmation"
Err.Clear
n = WSHShell.RegRead (p)
errnum = Err.Number

if errnum <> 0 then

    WSHShell.RegWrite p, 0, itemtype
End If


If n = 0 Then
    n = 1
WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype
Mybox = MsgBox(jobfunc & disab & vbCR, 4096, t)
ElseIf n = 1 then
    n = 0
WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype
Mybox = MsgBox(jobfunc & enab & vbCR, 4096, t)
End If


Set WshShell = Nothing

On Error GoTo 0

For Each Process in GetObject("winmgmts:"). _
    ExecQuery ("select * from Win32_Process where name='explorer.exe'")
   Process.terminate(0)
Next

MsgBox "Finished." & vbcr & vbcr , 4096, "Done"

Else 

MsgBox "No changes were made to your system." & vbcr & vbcr, 4096, "User Cancelled"

End If

This was a vbscript.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]
@="My Documents"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:41f05001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000001


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoInternetIcon"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:41f05001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:41f05001

This was a registry file.
Now there are no icons on desktop and nothing happens if I Right click on it. This happened after I ran the script file and after running the registry file, the "My Computer" is nowhere to be found and if the go to it by Windows Explorer, all I get is a blank window, it shows no drive nothing, although exploring further drives are accessible.
Tell me how to fix and clean this mess? Should I delete the Registry changes? I ran CCleaner and tried to fix registry but nothing worked. How to rectify the changes made by the script?

[gk2k]

Try running the script again.
If it does not work

Try System Restore
Start->Accessories->System Tools->System Restore and restore it to an earlier date.

[dheeraj_kumar]

Get Fences from Stardock. Its free, and makes your desktop much more organized, plus you can hide or show icons with a double click anywhere on desktop.

[Plasma_Snake]

System Restore is not active on any of the drive so won't work.
The basic XP Right-Click menu doesn't gives the option to hide or show icons, I want it in there only.

[Phantom Lancer]

Originally Posted by gk2k

Try running the script again.
If it does not work

Try System Restore
Start->Accessories->System Tools->System Restore and restore it to an earlier date.

I dont think system restore works for reg edits

Manually reversing the changes you made to the registry may be the only way .... do post the solution here if you find one

[mihirpradhan2004]

Originally Posted by dheeraj_kumar

Get Fences from Stardock. Its free, and makes your desktop much more organized, plus you can hide or show icons with a double click anywhere on desktop.

+1 for Stardock Fences...

[Plasma_Snake]

^^ It may be great stuff but stuff like 'em prominently the Brico Packs etc. they don't work with 64-bit XP!