"Active Desktop HTML File" Question

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Running Windows XP home and every time I try to change wallpaper,

screen saver, ETC an error box comes up saying:



"Can not find Active Desktop HTML File. It is needed for your active

desktop". I usually have to click on the error warning a couple times

before it goes away. This has just started since I installed Office

2007. The changes I make to wallpaper, ETC go through but the screen

goes like blank first which it never did before.



How do I turn Active Desktop off or get rid of the warning??



TIA
 
"Active Desktop HTML File" Question = followup

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:34:29 -0500, kraut

wrote:



>

>

>Running Windows XP home and every time I try to change wallpaper,

>screen saver, ETC an error box comes up saying:

>

>"Can not find Active Desktop HTML File. It is needed for your active

>desktop". I usually have to click on the error warning a couple times

>before it goes away. This has just started since I installed Office

>2007. The changes I make to wallpaper, ETC go through but the screen

>goes like blank first which it never did before.

>

>How do I turn Active Desktop off or get rid of the warning??

>

>TIA

>





As far as I know I never enabled "Active Desktop"



TIA
 
On Feb 18, 9:34 pm, kraut

wrote:

> Running Windows XP home and every time I try to change wallpaper,

> screen saver, ETC an error box comes up saying:

>

> "Can not find Active Desktop HTML File.  It is needed for your active

> desktop".  I usually have to click on the error warning a couple times

> before it goes away.  This has just started since I installed Office

> 2007.  The changes I make to wallpaper, ETC go through but the screen

> goes like blank first which it never did before.

>

> How do I turn Active Desktop off or get rid of the warning??

>

> TIA



If you have not tinkered with it, something is tinkering it for you.

It could be some leftovers or traces of previously removed malicious

software.



Let's get things back to normal and then do some scans for malicious

software.



Right click the desktop, Properties, Desktop tab, Customize Desktop.

Click the Web tab.



There are two check boxes and the default is no boxes checked so

uncheck anything that is checked.



Under Web pages the default is "My Current Home Page" and should be

unchecked.



If there are any other Web pages listed and you did not add them,

delete them.



You cannot delete the My Current Home Page, but it is normally

unchecked. If it was checked, your current browser home page would be

your desktop (ugh!).



OK your way out, set your wallpaper they way you want. You may have

to do this again after the following scans:



Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining

issues:



Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware

detection programs:



Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/

SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/



They can be uninstalled later if desired.
 
"kraut" wrote in message news:7otrn55e8buo3gu6pjff668anrp18at7ls@4ax.com...

> Running Windows XP home and every time I try to change wallpaper,

> screen saver, ETC an error box comes up saying:

> "Can not find Active Desktop HTML File. It is needed for your active

> desktop". I usually have to click on the error warning a couple times

> before it goes away. This has just started since I installed Office

> 2007. The changes I make to wallpaper, ETC go through but the screen

> goes like blank first which it never did before.

> How do I turn Active Desktop off or get rid of the warning??



Right-click a blank spot on the desktop, select "Properties", "Desktop",

"Customize Desktop", "Web", and uncheck the current web page.

Click "OK", then "OK" again.



Ben
 
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:31:54 -0500, "Ben Myers"

wrote:



>"kraut" wrote in message news:7otrn55e8buo3gu6pjff668anrp18at7ls@4ax.com...

>> Running Windows XP home and every time I try to change wallpaper,

>> screen saver, ETC an error box comes up saying:

>> "Can not find Active Desktop HTML File. It is needed for your active

>> desktop". I usually have to click on the error warning a couple times

>> before it goes away. This has just started since I installed Office

>> 2007. The changes I make to wallpaper, ETC go through but the screen

>> goes like blank first which it never did before.

>> How do I turn Active Desktop off or get rid of the warning??

>

>Right-click a blank spot on the desktop, select "Properties", "Desktop",

>"Customize Desktop", "Web", and uncheck the current web page.

>Click "OK", then "OK" again.

>

>Ben

>

>





I think I found the problem. I did the web thing and everything was

set ayou all said.



I got thinking albout the different changes I did other then changing

wallpaper or screen saver occassionally. The only thing I did before

the problem was that my desktop icons would not stay the way I put

them so I arranged them then locked the desktop and that was when the

problem started.



So I unlocked the desktop and tryed changinging wallpaper and saver

and no problem what-so- ever for a day now.



Just before this post I relocked desktop and problems re-appeared.

Unlocked it and problems gone again.



Thanks all for the help but I think I found the problem. Looks like

locking the desktop was causing it!!
 
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