IE 7 Messing Up Large Icons on Desktop

Problem: After installing Internet Explorer 7 on my lab machines I noticed that all my desktop links with custom icons were now showing the default IE7 icon. I have all my icons display in "Large Icon" view and every time I would try and change them the icon would reset to the default.

Solution: The problem is caused by a settings change in the registry and is fairly easy to fix if you know how to modify registry settings. You need to change the following keys to '47':

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon Size

Then reboot the computer and the problem should be fixed.