Article ID: 249215 - Last Review: February 28, 2007 - Revision: 1.3 How to Hide the Active Desktop Item on the Settings MenuThis article was previously published under Q249215 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you
modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore
the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/EN-US/
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Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SUMMARY
When you install Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 with the Active Desktop component, a new menu item named Active Desktop is added to the Settings menu. To see this menu, click Start, and then point to Settings.
There is no entry in Windows NT Policy Editor to hide this menu item.
MORE INFORMATIONWARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk. To hide the Active Desktop menu item by editing the registry, use Registry Editor to add a new REG_SZ entry named NoSetActiveDesktop with a data value of 1 to the the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\
This setting takes effect after your next logon.
NOTE: In Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition, the NoSetActiveDesktop value should be a REG_DWORD value. | Article Translations
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