Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
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Determining If Active Desktop Is Installed
To determine if Active Desktop is installed on your Windows
95-based computer, view the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
{AEB6717E-7E19-11d0-97EE-00C04FD91972}\InProcserver32
If the default value is Shell32.dll, Active Desktop is installed.
If the default value is Url.dll, Active Desktop is not installed.
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Determining If Active Desktop Is Being Displayed as a Web Page
Windows 95 and Windows 98
To determine if Active Desktop is being displayed as a Web page,
view the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Active Desktop is being displayed as a Web page if the ShellState
value contains the following data value (in hexadecimal):
1c,00,00,00,63,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,
00,00,0a,00,00,00
Active Desktop is not being displayed as a Web page if the
ShellState value contains the following data value (in hexadecimal):
1c,00,00,00,23,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,
00,0a,00,00,00
Windows NT 4.0
To determine if Active Desktop is being displayed as a Web page,
view the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Active Desktop is being displayed as a Web page if the ShellState
value contains the following data value (in hexadecimal):
1c,00,00,00,13,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,
00,0a,00,00,00
Active Desktop is not being displayed as a Web page if the
ShellState value contains the following data value (in hexadecimal):
1c,00,00,00,53,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,
00,0a,00,00,00
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Alternate Method for Determining If Active Desktop Is Installed
Using Regedit, view the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4340}
If the IsInstalled value is set to 1, Active Desktop is
installed.
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