When you install Internet Explorer, there is no way to specify that the Active Desktop be initially disabled for new users who log on to the computer.
This article describes how to configure a Windows NT 4.0-based or Windows 95/98-based computer so the Active Desktop is disabled by default for users who log on to the computer for the first time.
If you have not already done so, install Internet Explorer with the
Windows Desktop Update component.
NOTE: To install Internet Explorer on a computer running Windows NT
4.0, you must have administrative privileges on that computer.
Using a text editor (such as Notepad), open the Ie4uinit.inf file
located in the %systemroot%\system32 folder, where %systemroot% is
the folder in which Windows NT 4.0 is installed.
Add the following line to the [AddReg.Misc] section of the Ie4uinit.inf
file (this line removes the check mark from the View As Web Page
command):
NOTE: This line should be typed as a single line. It has been wrapped
in this article for readability purposes.
Save and then close the Ie4uinit.inf file.
If you want to later enable the Active Desktop by default (the View As Web
Page command is selected, which is the default behavior), change the line
you added in step 3 to the following line:
NOTE: This line should be typed as a single line. It has been wrapped in
this article for readability purposes.
Internet Explorer 5
If you have not already done so, install Internet Explorer with the
Windows Desktop Update component.
NOTE: To install Internet Explorer on a computer running Windows NT
4.0, you must have administrative privileges on that computer.
Using a text editor (such as Notepad), open the Ieuinit.inf file
located in the %systemroot%\system32 folder, where %systemroot% is
the folder in which Windows NT 4.0 is installed.
Add the following line to the [AddReg.Misc] section of the Ieuinit.inf
file (this line removes the check mark from the View As Web Page
command):
NOTE: This line should be typed as a single line. It has been wrapped
in this article for readability purposes.
Save and then close the Ieuinit.inf file.
If you want to later enable the Active Desktop by default (the View As Web
Page command is selected, which is the default behavior), change the line
you added in step 3 to the following line:
If you have not already done so, install Internet Explorer with the Windows Desktop Update component.
Using a text editor (such as Notepad), open the Ie4uinit.inf file located in the %systemroot%\system folder, where %systemroot% is the folder in which Windows 98 is installed.
Add the following line to the [AddReg.Misc] section of the Ie4uinit.inf file (this line removes the check mark from the View As Web Page command):
NOTE: This line should be typed as a single line. It has been wrapped in this article for readability purposes.
Save, and then close the Ie4uinit.inf file.
If you want to later enable the Active Desktop by default (the View As Web Page command is selected, which is the default behavior), change the line you added in step 3 to the following line:
NOTE: This line should be typed as a single line. It has been wrapped in this article for readability purposes.
Internet Explorer 5
If you have not already done so, install Internet Explorer with the Windows Desktop Update component.
Using a text editor (such as Notepad), open the Ieuinit.inf file located in the %systemroot%\system folder, where %systemroot% is the folder in which Windows 98 is installed.
Add the following line to the [AddReg.Misc] section of the Ieuinit.inf file (this line removes the check mark from the View As Web Page command):
NOTE: This line should be typed as a single line. It has been wrapped in this article for readability purposes.
Save, and then close the Ieuinit.inf file.
If you want to later enable the Active Desktop by default (the View As Web Page command is selected, which is the default behavior), change the line you added in step 3 to the following line:
This entry only works the first time a new user logs on to a Windows NT 4.0-based or Windows 95/98-based computer on which Internet Explorer is installed. After the
initial logon, the administrator can change the Ie4uinit.inf/Ieuinit.inf file, but the state of the View As Web Page command does not change for
subsequent logons.
Changing the Ie4uinit.inf/Ieuinit.inf file affects all users (administrative and
non-administrative) who log on to the computer.
The Ie4uinit.inf/Ieuinit.inf file is installed by Internet Explorer.
The setting for the View As Web Page command is stored in a registry
location that is inaccessible by non-administrative users.
This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
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