Active Desktop Command Is Missing When You Right-Click Desktop

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This article was previously published under Q192400

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SYMPTOMS

When you open the Display Properties dialog box, the Web tab may be missing. Also, if you right-click the desktop, the Active Desktop command may be missing.

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CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you are using the TweakUI program and the Active Desktop Enabled feature is not enabled.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, enable the Active Desktop Enabled feature. To do so, use the following steps:

Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click TweakUI.
Click the Internet Explorer 4 tab, click the Active Desktop Enabled check box to select it, and then click OK.

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Tweak UI is included with Microsoft Windows 98 Power Toys and is located on the Windows 98 CD-ROM in the Tools\Reskit\Powertoy folder.

For additional information about Tweak UI in Windows 95, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 145688 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/145688/EN-US/ )
TITLE : Microsoft Windows 95 Power Toys Readme.txt File

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