Windows XP will not restore my Active Desktop. Gives an error running scripts on this page.

Anonymous
2009-10-15T01:14:59+00:00

XP will not restore active desktop

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Anonymous
2009-10-20T12:41:18+00:00

Hello rghaynes_710, welcome.

I would attempt to delete and recreate the active desktop. If that does not work, perhaps the content on the website itself is having technical problems.

You can also attempt to reset Internet Explorer back to defaults to see if that resolves the issue.

  1. Click START
  2. Click 'Control Panel'
  3. Double click 'Internet Options'
  4. Click on the 'Advanced' tab and select 'Reset...' at the very bottom of the Window
  5. Restart your computer

Let us know what happens,

Thanks!

Ryan Thieman

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-22T20:28:14+00:00

    Follow these instructions, u can solve ur prob:

    1.Go to Run, type regedit and hit enter

    2.Go here HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components

    3.Select the value DeskHtmlVersion

    4.Select the Decimal radial button

    5.Change the value of 272 to 0

    6.Most of the time it might take a few seconds for your background to appear and other times…you might need to restart your computer.

    Have fun!

    Worked with computer restart. Also seems to have corrected other errors perhaps related to Internet Explorer, that have been very hard to resolve. The instructions were very clear.

    Now, why does this regedit work for so many folks?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-30T04:57:57+00:00

    How can i make Adobe Reader 7.0  window go away, it keeps popping up over pages i'm on.

    All that shows is the top bars and a gray screen below ?

    I go to  FILE and down to click   EXIT.  It goes away but comes back in a couple of minutes on top of

    whatever site i'm on.

    Thank you folks !

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-29T10:25:14+00:00

    Followed this fix and it restored my desktop after a restart.  Thanks from NZ

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