add IE 7 Icon to the Desktop in Vista

This operation involves editing of the windows registry.

It's highly recommended that you backup your registry first.

1. Check for registry key (if isn't available please create it) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000