lost part of desktop menu

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David ...M....

I have lost access to part of the menu when right clicking
on the desktop and selecting arrange icons. There used to
be a section at the bottom with three items: Show desktop
icons, lock web items on desktop and run desktop cleanup
wizard.

I did some customization a long time ago to disable
viewing icons on the desktop. I have now accidently
dropped a menu icon on the desktop which is invisible and
I can not enable show desktop icons to get it back as the
menu is missing on the desktop menu. I can not remember
how I did this. Anybody have any suggestions how to get
this part of the desktop arrange icons menu back?

Many thanks

David
 
NoActiveDesktop
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description
Disables Active Desktop and prevents users from enabling it.

This entry stores the setting of the Disable Active Desktop Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system behaves as though the value is 0.

Value Meaning
0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or not configured. Active Desktop is disabled by default, but users can enable it.
1 The policy is enabled. Active Desktop is disabled and users cannot enable it.

When the value of this entry is 1 the system restricts access to the following items to prevent users from trying to change the setting while a policy is in effect.

a.. Removes the Active Desktop item from the context menu that appears when you right-click the desktop;
b.. Removes the Web tab from Display in Control Panel;
c.. Disables the Enable Web content on my desktop item on the General tab of the Folder Options dialog box.
Change method
To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Disable Active Desktop policy (User Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Desktop\Active Desktop).

Note

If both the ForceActiveDesktopOn entry and the NoActiveDesktop entry are set to 1, the NoActiveDesktop entry is ignored. If the ClassicShell entry is set to 1, then Active Desktop is disabled and both of these entries are ignored.

To make changes to this entry effective, you must log off of Windows 2000 and then log on again.

Tip

To disable Active Desktop without setting a policy, right-click the desktop, point to Active Desktop, and then turn off Show Web Content.

For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.

For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Reference Table.

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It could also be
ClassicShell
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

but you'd be complaining of a lot of other stuff missing.
 
Hi David

Many thanks for your detailed reply, I'll give it a go
when I get access to my home PC later today, I'll then
leave the menu active just in case I make this mistake
again. I like an icon free desktop, I guess I went a bit
far with customizing my dekstop to disable the desktop
menu. This caused more problems than it was worth!


Regards

David
-----Original Message-----
NoActiveDesktop
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ex plorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description
Disables Active Desktop and prevents users from enabling it.

This entry stores the setting of the Disable Active
Desktop Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the
registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If
you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group
Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system
behaves as though the value is 0.
Value Meaning
0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or
not configured. Active Desktop is disabled by default, but
users can enable it.
1 The policy is enabled. Active Desktop is disabled and users cannot enable it.

When the value of this entry is 1 the system restricts
access to the following items to prevent users from trying
to change the setting while a policy is in effect.
a.. Removes the Active Desktop item from the context
menu that appears when you right-click the desktop;
b.. Removes the Web tab from Display in Control Panel;
c.. Disables the Enable Web content on my desktop item
on the General tab of the Folder Options dialog box.
Change method
To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This
entry corresponds to the Disable Active Desktop policy
(User Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Desktop\Active
Desktop).
Note

If both the ForceActiveDesktopOn entry and the
NoActiveDesktop entry are set to 1, the NoActiveDesktop
entry is ignored. If the ClassicShell entry is set to 1,
then Active Desktop is disabled and both of these entries
are ignored.
To make changes to this entry effective, you must log off
of Windows 2000 and then log on again.
Tip

To disable Active Desktop without setting a policy, right-
click the desktop, point to Active Desktop, and then turn
off Show Web Content.
For detailed information about particular Group Policy
settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the
Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.
For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.

To see a table associating policies with their
corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy
Reference Table.
 
That fixed it. Many thanks.
-----Original Message-----
NoActiveDesktop
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\E xplorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description
Disables Active Desktop and prevents users from enabling it.

This entry stores the setting of the Disable Active
Desktop Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the
registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If
you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group
Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system
behaves as though the value is 0.
Value Meaning
0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or
not configured. Active Desktop is disabled by default,
but users can enable it.
1 The policy is enabled. Active Desktop is
disabled and users cannot enable it.
When the value of this entry is 1 the system restricts
access to the following items to prevent users from
trying to change the setting while a policy is in effect.
a.. Removes the Active Desktop item from the context
menu that appears when you right-click the desktop;
b.. Removes the Web tab from Display in Control Panel;
c.. Disables the Enable Web content on my desktop item
on the General tab of the Folder Options dialog box.
Change method
To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy.
This entry corresponds to the Disable Active Desktop
policy (User
Configuration\AdministrativeTemplates\Desktop\Active
Desktop).
Note

If both the ForceActiveDesktopOn entry and the
NoActiveDesktop entry are set to 1, the NoActiveDesktop
entry is ignored. If the ClassicShell entry is set to 1,
then Active Desktop is disabled and both of these entries
are ignored.
To make changes to this entry effective, you must log
off of Windows 2000 and then log on again.
Tip

To disable Active Desktop without setting a policy,
right-click the desktop, point to Active Desktop, and
then turn off Show Web Content.
For detailed information about particular Group Policy
settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the
Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.
For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.

To see a table associating policies with their
corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy
Reference Table.
 
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