Editing the desktop.htt

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Is there a way to manually change the desktop.htt to
customize the windows desktop? When adding web elements
through the display utility, the changes are seen in the
file, but when attempting to change the file manually,
the changes are just discarded. Is there a way to keep
the file from resetting? If not, it's an idea for the
next service pack.
 
Jordan rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
Is there a way to manually change the desktop.htt to
customize the windows desktop? When adding web elements
through the display utility, the changes are seen in the
file, but when attempting to change the file manually,
the changes are just discarded. Is there a way to keep
the file from resetting? If not, it's an idea for the
next service pack.
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Try making the file read only after the changes.
 
Jordan rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
"Black Baptist" <[email protected]>
wrote in message Try making the file read only after the changes.
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"Black Baptist", sorry to hijack your reply but I do not see Jordan's original post.

Jordan, by default WinXP does not display Web view templates that have been manually
edited. This feature is disabled to help prevent potentially unsafe content from
running. For Windows XP SP1 (Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 SP3+) there are
three registry values available to allow Web view functionality. For more
information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

KB819028 - Windows Explorer No Longer Displays Web View Templates or HTML
Customizations (Using Folder.htt)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;819028

KB812003 - How to modify your folder view settings or to customize a folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;812003

KB322756 - HOW TO: Back Up, Edit, and Restore the Registry in
Windows XP and Windows Server
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;322756
 
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