Active Desktop Command Is Missing When You Right-Click Desktop

ID: Q192400

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you open the Display Properties dialog box, the Web tab may be missing. Also, if you right-click the desktop, the Active Desktop command may be missing.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you are using the TweakUI program and the Active Desktop Enabled feature is not enabled.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, enable the Active Desktop Enabled feature. To do so, use the following steps:

Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click TweakUI.

Click the Internet Explorer 4 tab, click the Active Desktop Enabled check box to select it, and then click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

Tweak UI is included with Microsoft Windows 98 Power Toys and is located on the Windows 98 CD-ROM in the Tools\Reskit\Powertoy folder. For additional information about Tweak UI, please see the Readme.txt file or the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q188920
TITLE : Windows 98 Power Toys Readme.txt File

ARTICLE-ID: Q145688
TITLE : Microsoft Windows 95 Power Toys Readme.txt File

Additional query words: 4.00 98


Keywords          : kbtool kbui msiew95 win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 27, 1999