Active Desktop Restrictions (All Windows) Popular

Features of the Windows Active Desktop can be selectively controlled by modifying options in the Windows registry. Following the instructions in this tweak.

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Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value based on the options below, and set the new value to equal "1" to enable the restriction or "0" to disable the restriction.

• NoChangingWallpaper - Disable the ability to change wallpapers.
• NoComponents - Disable components.
• NoAddingComponents - Disable the ability to add components.
• NoDeletingComponents - Disable the ability to delete components.
• NoEditingComponents - Disable the ability to edit components.
• NoCloseDragDropBands - Prevents adding, dragging, dropping and closing the Taskbar's toolbars.
• NoMovingBands - retrict adjustments to desktop toolbars
• NoHTMLWallPaper - only allow bitmaps (BMP) as wallpaper

These restrictions can be used either on a user by user basis by adding it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER or on a computer wide basis by adding it to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		NoChangingWallpaper	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoComponents	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoAddingComponents	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoDeletingComponents	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoEditingComponents	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoCloseDragDropBands	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoMovingBands	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		NoHTMLWallPaper	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.