Prevent changes to Active Desktop settings (For All Users).

This setting removes the options from Desktop, where you can make changes to the Active Desktop settings.

Level: Recommended For Experts Only

Description:
The options of active desktop can be accessed from display icon in control panel and right-click menu on desktop. This setting 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. The desktop items window is called by clicking customize desktop button inside desktop tab of control panel > display system icon. Secondly, when you right-click on desktop and choose arrange icons by menu item, the options show desktop icons, lock web items on desktop and run desktop cleanup wizard may be missing. If active desktop is already enabled, you cannot customize web contents; as a result, you cannot enable or disable active desktop. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkey \explorer does not exist, create it as explained below. Then, create a dword value noactivedesktopchanges in the right panel. Now, right-click and modify its value to 1 which can prevent change to active desktop settings. However, if you want to get back the missing options, change the value to 0. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: in windows 2000, the web tab can be accessed straight away inside display system icon in control panel. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.