Tweak Library – Prevent the disabling of the Active Desktop

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Prevent the disabling of the Active Desktop (Current User).

This setting enables you to disallow the ability to disable the Active Desktop.

Tweak for : Windows 2000

Description:

This setting enables you to disallow the ability to disable the Active Desktop.

If you go to any free place of your desktop, press the right mouse button and choose the option properties, the display properties will appear where you can disable the Active Desktop. If you enable this setting, you can’t disable the Active Desktop via the display properties.

For this go to "Start->Run" and enter "regedit" and search the key listed below. You can create one DWORD value "ForceActiveDesktopOn", if this value is not existing.

Now you can set this value to prevent the disabling of the Active Desktop. After a restart or logoff the changes take effect.

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Prevent user to disable active desktop.reg

The '.reg' file Prevent user to disable active desktop (Current User).

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Allow user to disable active desktop (Default).reg

The '.reg' file Allow user to disable active desktop by Default(Current User).

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

ForceActiveDesktopOn

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

‘Active Desktop’ is disabled in the 'Context menu'.

‘Active Desktop’ is enabled by default in the 'Context menu'.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion Policies\Explorer\],right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "ForceActiveDesktopOn" in "Explorer" key.

Next, right-click on "ForceActiveDesktopOn" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "1" (Base Hexadecimal) without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect.

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