Prevent the disabling of the Active Desktop (All Users).
This setting enables you to disallow the ability to disable the Active Desktop.
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Description:
This setting enables you to disallow the ability to disable the active desktop. If you go to any free place of your desktop, press the right mouse button and choose the option properties, the display properties will appear where you can disable the active desktop. If you enable this setting, you cant disable the active desktop via the display properties. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one dword value "forceactivedesktopon", if this value is not existing. Now you can set this value to prevent the disabling of the active desktop. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
This setting enables you to disallow the ability to disable the active desktop. If you go to any free place of your desktop, press the right mouse button and choose the option properties, the display properties will appear where you can disable the active desktop. If you enable this setting, you cant disable the active desktop via the display properties. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one dword value "forceactivedesktopon", if this value is not existing. Now you can set this value to prevent the disabling of the active desktop. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect. 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".
Go to <b> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\]</b>, key and create a new key with the name "Explorer" under "Policies".
Now, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "ForceActiveDesktopOn" in "Explorer" key.
Next, right-click on "ForceActiveDesktopOn" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "1" (Base Hexadecimal) without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done. Exit from registry. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: Explorer
- Data Type: Key
- Action Type: Add an Entry
- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: ForceActiveDesktopOn
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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