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Active Desktop - How to re-install it ?
Hello!
My computer run Windows XP (family edition) as operating system and further to a wrong manipulation, the functionalities of Active Desktop are not available any more. More precisely : - when I make a right click on my desktop, in the contextual menu ,which apparait, I have no more the following options for the "Graphic" and ' "Active Desktop" ; - when I go in the 'Display' (Control panel) I don't have anymore the tab 'Web' and therefore I cannot check option any more ' to Show my Active Desktop office as a Web page '; - when I go in 'Files options' (Control panel) I don't have anymore the group of radio button about Active Desktop. Somebody could explain me how to re-activate or re-install these options on my computer, which seems that all have somthing to do with Active Desktop, but perhaps I'm wrong. Thank you for your help. |
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My computer run Windows XP (family edition)
No such version. There are five editions of Windows XP: Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows XP Media Center Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition If you have XP Home... http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Read the instructions at the top Get both of these. 16. Active Desktop - Enable or Disable Click on Enable activedesktop.vbs is the that you want. 177. Restore the Web Tab - Display Properties webtabmissing.reg is the file that you want. See also... Web tab missing in the Customize Desktop dialog http://www.winxptutor.com/webtab.htm "Show Desktop icons" and other options missing in the Desktop right-click menu http://www.winxptutor.com/showdesktopicons.htm If you have XP Professional, use Group Policy... Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | Click OK | Navigate to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Desktop\Active Desktop\ Set Enable Active Desktop to Enabled. Set Disable Active Desktop to Disabled. Enable Active Desktop http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=408 Disable Active Desktop http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=409 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , tyo hunted and pecked: Hello! My computer run Windows XP (family edition) as operating system and further to a wrong manipulation, the functionalities of Active Desktop are not available any more. More precisely : - when I make a right click on my desktop, in the contextual menu ,which apparait, I have no more the following options for the "Graphic" and ' "Active Desktop" ; - when I go in the 'Display' (Control panel) I don't have anymore the tab 'Web' and therefore I cannot check option any more ' to Show my Active Desktop office as a Web page '; - when I go in 'Files options' (Control panel) I don't have anymore the group of radio button about Active Desktop. Somebody could explain me how to re-activate or re-install these options on my computer, which seems that all have somthing to do with Active Desktop, but perhaps I'm wrong. Thank you for your help. |
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Thank you very much for your help.
I tried all your propositions, unfortunately they had no effect on my problem. I'm still blocked in the same situation ;-( I have "Windows XP Home éditon", sorry for the confusion on the name, in French it's call "Family édition". Thank you and all other suggestions are welcome. Tyo |
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Hi Tyo,
I tried all your propositions, unfortunately they had no effect on my problem. I'm still blocked in the same situation ;-( Did you reboot after applying activedesktop.vbs and webtabmissing.reg from Kelly's? I have "Windows XP Home Addition", sorry for the confusion on the name, in French it's call "Family Addition". Ah, language translations. I translated Home Edition from English to French and got dition la maison. I translated dition la maison from French to English and got Edition at the house. shrug I say, "I translated" more like Google translated. http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , tyo hunted and pecked: Thank you very much for your help. I tried all your propositions, unfortunately they had no effect on my problem. I'm still blocked in the same situation ;-( I have "Windows XP Home éditon", sorry for the confusion on the name, in French it's call "Family édition". Thank you and all other suggestions are welcome. Tyo |
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Hi Wesley Vogel
" Did you reboot after applying activedesktop.vbs and webtabmissing.reg from Kelly's? Yes I did! And the first time I ran activedesktop.vbs, I got the message : "Active Desktop is now DISABLED", so I ran a second time the script to have the message "Active Desktop is now ENABLED", and I rebooted my computer. But nothing change :-((( I have "Windows XP Home Addition", sorry for the confusion on the name, in French it's call "Family Addition". Ah, language translations. I translated Home Edition from English to French and got Édition * la maison. I translated Édition * la maison from French to English and got Edition at the house. shrug I say, "I translated" more like Google translated. http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en Try http://freetranslation.imtranslator.net/ it's a little bit better then Google translator, or use online dictionary you can find a lot on www.lexilogos.com or only for French-English www.granddictionnaire.com for all technical words, the are very practical web sites but in French ... Thank you very much for your help. Tyo |
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But noone has them in XP. What are these entries supposed to do. You can speak frog as I have translation tables for XP. I haven't read this link but the page starts with the same paragraph as what I use.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en..._word_list.htm Although DE would tend to indicate this is the German one. But on my copy there is a DLB with language choice. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to lose a war in Iraq http://webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/1335#comment-48641 ================================================= "tyo" wrote in message ... Hello! My computer run Windows XP (family edition) as operating system and further to a wrong manipulation, the functionalities of Active Desktop are not available any more. More precisely : - when I make a right click on my desktop, in the contextual menu ,which apparait, I have no more the following options for the "Graphic" and ' "Active Desktop" ; - when I go in the 'Display' (Control panel) I don't have anymore the tab 'Web' and therefore I cannot check option any more ' to Show my Active Desktop office as a Web page '; - when I go in 'Files options' (Control panel) I don't have anymore the group of radio button about Active Desktop. Somebody could explain me how to re-activate or re-install these options on my computer, which seems that all have somthing to do with Active Desktop, but perhaps I'm wrong. Thank you for your help. |
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Thank you, for your remark!
But noone has them in XP. What are these entries supposed to do. You can speak frog as I have translation tables for XP. I haven't read this link but the page starts with the same paragraph as what I use. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en..._word_list.htm I use your translation tables for XP and this is the result: My computer run Windows XP home edition as operating system and further to a wrong manipulation, the functionalities of Active Desktop are not available any more. More precisely: - when I make a right click on my desktop, in the contextual menu (drop-down menu) ,which appear, I have no more the following options for the "Graphic Properties ", “Graphic Options” and "Active Desktop". In "Active Desktop" menu item there are the options: "Customize the desktop", "New desktop item", "Show as a web page", "Show the desktop’s icons”, "Lock the desktop’s items", "Synchronize" and "My home page". - when I go in the "Display" (Control panel) I don't have anymore the tab "Web" and therefore I can’t check any more the option "to Show my Active Desktop office as a Web page "; - when I go in "Folder Options" (Control panel) I don't have anymore the group of radio button about Active Desktop. Somebody could explain me how to re-activate or re-install these options on my computer, which seems that all have something to do with Active Desktop, but perhaps I'm wrong. I didn't find all terms into your translation tables, but I hope it's a little bit more clear to understand and that you can help me. Thank you! Tyo |
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If Graphic Properties the bottom item (called just Properties on a english language version). Also Active Desktop is no longer a menu item. Some of the entries on here got moved to Arrange Icons By - some are buried deep in Desktop's Properties.
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to lose a war in Iraq http://webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/1335#comment-48641 ================================================= "tyo" wrote in message ... Thank you, for your remark! But noone has them in XP. What are these entries supposed to do. You can speak frog as I have translation tables for XP. I haven't read this link but the page starts with the same paragraph as what I use. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en..._word_list.htm I use your translation tables for XP and this is the result: My computer run Windows XP home edition as operating system and further to a wrong manipulation, the functionalities of Active Desktop are not available any more. More precisely: - when I make a right click on my desktop, in the contextual menu (drop-down menu) ,which appear, I have no more the following options for the "Graphic Properties ", ?Graphic Options? and "Active Desktop". In "Active Desktop" menu item there are the options: "Customize the desktop", "New desktop item", "Show as a web page", "Show the desktop?s icons?, "Lock the desktop?s items", "Synchronize" and "My home page". - when I go in the "Display" (Control panel) I don't have anymore the tab "Web" and therefore I can?t check any more the option "to Show my Active Desktop office as a Web page "; - when I go in "Folder Options" (Control panel) I don't have anymore the group of radio button about Active Desktop. Somebody could explain me how to re-activate or re-install these options on my computer, which seems that all have something to do with Active Desktop, but perhaps I'm wrong. I didn't find all terms into your translation tables, but I hope it's a little bit more clear to understand and that you can help me. Thank you! Tyo |
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"David Candy" a écrit :
If Graphic Properties the bottom item (called just Properties on a english language version). Also Active Desktop is no longer a menu item. Some of the entries on here got moved to Arrange Icons By - some are buried deep in Desktop's Properties. Hi David Candy, Ok, I can understand that some functionalities and menus can change or move when the version of the program change. But in my case my computer crash and when I reboot it these menu items have just disappear, quit strange ... It look's like it's magic, but I know IT has nothing to do with magic ... and now I don't find the Active Desktop functionality anywhere. I don’t really understand the reason that my menu items change suddenly. Is that due to an update of Windows XP? Do you know if there is a possibility to restore the old items menu? Or if it’s impossible, do you know where can I found Active Desktop functionality now, with this new menu configuration? Thank you for your help. tyo |
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Post a picture of what you have. Right click background to get menu, Press Prt Screen key, paste into MSPaint (type mspaint into Start Run), edit the image size, save as a GIF file, then save as a png file, attach png file.
There are french groups. Although one seems to be about society's young ladies stepping out (debutant ball is a ladies first ball in English). Suppose it might mean new user in French. news://msnews.microsoft.com The newsgroups dialog will pop up and enter search term ..fr.w which will show all french windows groups. You can find this dialog a second time on the Tools menu in OE. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to lose a war in Iraq http://webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/1335#comment-48641 ================================================= "tyo" wrote in message ... "David Candy" a écrit : If Graphic Properties the bottom item (called just Properties on a english language version). Also Active Desktop is no longer a menu item. Some of the entries on here got moved to Arrange Icons By - some are buried deep in Desktop's Properties. Hi David Candy, Ok, I can understand that some functionalities and menus can change or move when the version of the program change. But in my case my computer crash and when I reboot it these menu items have just disappear, quit strange .... It look's like it's magic, but I know IT has nothing to do with magic ... and now I don't find the Active Desktop functionality anywhere. I don’t really understand the reason that my menu items change suddenly. Is that due to an update of Windows XP? Do you know if there is a possibility to restore the old items menu? Or if it’s impossible, do you know where can I found Active Desktop functionality now, with this new menu configuration? Thank you for your help. tyo |
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Hi David Candy
Post a picture of what you have. Right click background to get menu, Press Prt Screen key, paste into MSPaint (type mspaint into Start Run), edit the image size, save as a GIF file, then save as a png file, attach png file. I did the prints screen as you explain it to me, but I don't know how to attach my png files to my answer. I have only two data fields, one for the object of the answer, second for the body message. A two buttons : Publish and Quit. But nothing to attache a file? |
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I didn't make it clear. You use the same procedure to find french groups to also find this one.
Click below link. news://msnews.microsoft.com The newsgroups dialog in a program called Outlook Express (OE) will pop up and enter search term (for this group) ..customize which will show this Customize Window XP group. You can find this dialog a second time on the Tools menu in OE. If this is the first time it's done any newsgroup things it will probably want to know your name (Tyo - funny name even for a Frenchman) and email. Use for your email. Then when the group loads you can go View menu - Current View - Show Replies To My Messages to only see threads that the person who has used the email has participated in. I assume that is only 1. To make life easier this link will configure the account (as the first link only did) and the group. news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wsxp.customize To see just your last post - if you cant configure OE just click below and choose Reply To Group on the toolbar then Insert menu - File Attachment and choose your pic. You won't see the pic till you view it in the group. And there are security settings that control this so you may not even then - but I will. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to lose a war in Iraq http://webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/1335#comment-48641 ================================================= "tyo" wrote in message ... Hi David Candy Post a picture of what you have. Right click background to get menu, Press Prt Screen key, paste into MSPaint (type mspaint into Start Run), edit the image size, save as a GIF file, then save as a png file, attach png file. I did the prints screen as you explain it to me, but I don't know how to attach my png files to my answer. I have only two data fields, one for the object of the answer, second for the body message. A two buttons : Publish and Quit. But nothing to attache a file? |
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Hi David Candy!
The 3 pictures call after are what I have now on my computer. n 1 : It's the menu I have when I do a right clic on the Desktop ; n 2 : It's the "Display" window (Control panel) ; n 3 : It's the "Folder Options" window (Control panel). Sorry the picture are in French, but my OS is in French, but I hope it coudl be help you to understand more clearly my problem. Thank you Tyo PS: Tyo is my nickname, it a female android in a story of Roger Leloup (he is belgian perhaps you know he's comics) and I'm a swiss girl from the french part of Switzerland :-) |
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Hi David Candy!
The 3 pictures call after are what I have now on my computer. n 1 : It's the menu I have when I do a right clic on the Desktop ; n 2 : It's the "Display" window (Control panel) ; n 3 : It's the "Folder Options" window (Control panel). Sorry the picture are in French, but my OS is in French, but I hope it coudl be help you to understand more clearly my problem. Thank you Tyo PS: Tyo is my nickname, it a female android in a story of Roger Leloup (he is belgian perhaps you know he's comics) and I'm a swiss girl from the french part of Switzerland :-) |
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Hi David Candy!
The 3 pictures call after are what I have now on my computer. n 1 : It's the menu I have when I do a right clic on the Desktop ; n 2 : It's the "Display" window (Control panel) ; n 3 : It's the "Folder Options" window (Control panel). Sorry the picture are in French, but my OS is in French, but I hope it coudl be help you to understand more clearly my problem. Thank you Tyo PS: Tyo is my nickname, it a female android in a story of Roger Leloup (he is belgian perhaps you know he's comics) and I'm a swiss girl from the french part of Switzerland :-) |
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