Prevent changes to Active Desktop settings.

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This setting removes the options from Desktop, where you can make changes to the Active Desktop settings.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
The options of active desktop can be accessed from display icon in control panel and right-click menu on desktop. Desktop becomes active when you keep your most active jobs or favorites like a web page there and they can be customized anytime on your requirement. Nocomponents: it can remove options to configure active desktop. The web tab, where the active desktop settings can be configured, is removed from the desktop items window. As a result, you cannot add web pages to the desktop. The point to be noted here is that this entry does not affect active desktop and image formats like jpeg & gif can be used for wallpaper. Noaddingcomponents: it disables the ability to add web contents in the present desktop display. Nodeletingcomponents: it disables the ability to delete the existing web contents but they can be removed temporarily. Noeditingcomponents: it disables the current properties button of the web content. So, the user can not modify the properties. In addition, it removes the properties tab from the menu of all items on the active desktop. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create the dword value names nocomponents, noaddingcomponents, nodeletingcomponents and noeditingcomponents at hkey_local_machine and hkey_current_user registry paths, if they do not exist. Now, right-click and modify their values to 1 which can prevent change to active desktop settings. However, if you want to get back the missing options, change the respective values to 0. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\', right-click and select 'New->Key' to create a new key named 'Active Desktop'.
Third, inside the 'Active Desktop' right-click and select 'New->DWORD Value' to create a new DWORD Value named 'NoComponents'.
After creating 'NoComponents' DWORD Value, right-click on it and click on 'Modify'.
Next, enter the value '1' in the text box provided and click on 'OK'
Create another DWORD Value for 'NoAddingComponents' as in step 3. Right-click on 'NoAddingComponents' and click on 'Modify'.
Next, enter the value '1' in the text box provided and click on 'OK'.
Create another DWORD Value for 'NoDeletingComponents' as in step 3. Right-click on 'NoDeletingComponents' and click on 'Modify'.
Next, enter the value '1' in the text box provided and click on 'OK'.
Create another DWORD Value for 'NoEditingComponents' as in step 3. Right-click on 'NoEditingComponents' and click on 'Modify'.
Next, enter the value '1' in the text box provided and click on 'OK'.


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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: ActiveDesktop
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: NoComponents
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: NoAddingComponents
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: NoDeletingComponents
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: NoEditingComponents
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: ActiveDesktop
  • Data Type: Key
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: NoComponents
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: NoAddingComponents
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: NoDeletingComponents
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: NoEditingComponents
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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