Show Desktop Icons option is not there

[Mike Pannell]

Hello and thanks for any help. I am running a clean install of XP pro.
Running under my name (as an administrator) I don't show my desktop icons.
When I right-click on the desktop and go to "arrange icons by" I don't have
the option to show icons at all. Not there. In fact the other options (Name,
Size, Type, Modified etc) are all grayed out.

Any answers ?

Thanks again for any help.


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Mike Pannell

Remember : If you didn't make any mistakes
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[Mike Pannell]

Never mind...I went into the registry
(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\Explor
er) and deleted a "NoActiveDesktop" entry and that solved the problem...

Thanks


"Mike Pannell" > wrote in message
...
> Hello and thanks for any help. I am running a clean install of XP pro.
> Running under my name (as an administrator) I don't show my desktop icons.
> When I right-click on the desktop and go to "arrange icons by" I don't
have
> the option to show icons at all. Not there. In fact the other options
(Name,
> Size, Type, Modified etc) are all grayed out.
>
> Any answers ?
>
> Thanks again for any help.
>
>
> --
>
>
> Mike Pannell
>
> Remember : If you didn't make any mistakes
> You Probably didn't learn anything.
>
>