Changing a document's desktop icon to the cover of the document

Hey gang, the subject pretty much says it all. What I mean is, I opened a PDF file, then saved a shortcut to my desktop. When I did, the shortcut icon was the cover of the document. Great! Now it's easier for me to choose which document to read! Now, on my new computer, it doesn't do that, so I've got a bunch of generic PDF icons all over the place. How do I get back to the nice, easy, icon I had before? There's got to be a setting I'm not seeing, or a trick to this. I'm running Windows 7 if that helps. Thanks!
-phrank

Do you use Windows 7 32bit?

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