PRB: Installed DeskBand Not Displayed in Taskbar Shortcut Menu

• Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), on platform(s):
  • Microsoft Windows 2000

SYMPTOMS

After you install a desktop band object, the band object should be available to the user in the taskbar shortcut menu under Toolbars. On Windows 2000, the newly installed band object might not be present in the Toolbars menu. Restarting the computer does not correct this problem.

CAUSE

The Windows 2000 shell caches the available desktop band objects and only updates this cache if it senses that an installation application is run or if the cache location in the registry is not present.

RESOLUTION

The ideal solution is to install your desktop band object from an application that has the name Setup.exe or Install.exe. This prompts the shell to rebuild the desktop band object cache.

If this solution is not feasible in your situation, you need to delete the following registry key:

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Component Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enum

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbBandObjs kbDeskBand kbWinOS2000 kbSDKPlatform kbGrpShell 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: June 9, 1999