Remove active desktop program

[giorgos]

How can I remove the Active Desktop? I'm using windows xp pro and xo giving the recover active desktop error. How do i resolve this? I want to remove it completely. Please help me with this.

[darshit]

You can turn off without removing the Active Desktop :

Right click on the desktop ->"Active Desktop" -> Uncheck "View as Web Page"

[Chatwin]

To remove it follow the steps given below:

1. Start -> Control panel -> Add/Remove Programs
   
   
2. Select "Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0" and click the Add/Remove button
   
   
3. Click the "Remove the Windows Desktop Update component, but keep the Internet Explorer 4.0 Web browser" option and click OK
   
   
4. Restart Windows

[Dwight]

Save the following script in "ActDesk.reg" and run it. It will get disable,

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSetActiveDesktop"=dword:40