🖥️ Batch (CMD)
Check "Show This PC Icon on Desktop" Status (Batch)
Uses reg query to check the current value behind the "Show This PC Icon on Desktop" tweak.
CheckShowThisPCOnDesktopStatus.bat
@echo off
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:: CheckShowThisPCOnDesktopStatus.bat
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:: Checks whether "Show This PC Icon on Desktop" is currently applied.
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reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel" /v "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}" 2>nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
echo.
echo '{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}' is not set (using the Windows default^).
)
pause