Remove Active Desktop item from Settings in the Start menu (For Current User in Win 98/Me).
This setting enables you to remove the menu item Active Desktop from Settings in the Start menu.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
If you go to start > settings menu, you will see a menu item called active desktop in the sub-menu. Active desktop component is installed with internet explorer 5. This setting enables you to remove this menu item. For this, go to start > run menu, enter "regedit" and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value "nosetactivedesktop", if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can remove the menu item "active desktop". However, if you want to show the item back, change the value to 0 or delete the value. 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.
If you go to start > settings menu, you will see a menu item called active desktop in the sub-menu. Active desktop component is installed with internet explorer 5. This setting enables you to remove this menu item. For this, go to start > run menu, enter "regedit" and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value "nosetactivedesktop", if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can remove the menu item "active desktop". However, if you want to show the item back, change the value to 0 or delete the value. 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 the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]</b>, key, right-click in the open area to create a new DWORD value with the name "NoSetActiveDesktop".
Third, right-click on the "NoSetActiveDesktop" DWORD value and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: NoSetActiveDesktop
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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