Troubleshooting Restore Active Desktop Problems

Restore Active Desktop Problems

A recurring issue that I have is the old Active Desktop in Windows XP. No matter how many times you click the Restore button, you still get the script error. To fix this, you can do the following: Click Start then click Run, type “regedit” and press enter Browse to “HCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerDesktopSafeModeComponents” Double click the value DeskHtmlVersion […]

By Andrew Armstrong • 1 min read

A recurring issue that I have is the old Active Desktop in Windows XP. No matter how many times you click the Restore button, you still get the script error. To fix this, you can do the following:

Click Start then click Run, type “regedit” and press enter
Browse to “HCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerDesktopSafeModeComponents”
Double click the value DeskHtmlVersion
Click the Decimal button
Change the value of 272 to 0 (if it is 272 of course!)
Restart your machine

After the restart, you should see that your Desktop is now back in the correct state.

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Andrew Armstrong

Andrew Armstrong is a UK-based IT professional with 26+ years of hands-on experience in Windows, Windows Server, SCCM/ConfigMgr, Active Directory, PowerShell, and enterprise infrastructure.

He founded TechyGeeksHome in 2010 and has published over 1,500 practical guides covering real-world IT problems and solutions. When not solving IT problems,

Andrew develops free Windows utilities including Ultimate Settings Panel, which has been downloaded over 850,000 times.

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