re: Display properties dialog box problem Monday, March 6, 2006 at 8:23 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by antmanbee (10 messages posted) xyz....Got in from work ,sat down at computer,and followed your clear concise instructions .and ....voila!....the missing tabs have returned. Thank you very much for your assistance. Antmanbee in Seattle On Monday, March 6, 2006 at 10:22 am, xyz wrote: >When you open the Display Properties dialog box, either through Control Panel or >by right-clicking the Microsoft Windows desktop and clicking Properties, the Web/other >tabs may be missing. > >This behavior can occur if the DeskHtmlExt registry key is damaged or missing > >To resolve this issue, reinstall Windows on top of your existing installation. To >do so, type a command line in the Run dialog box (on the Start menu), and use switches >to rebuild your system files without affecting hardware settings and schemes. > > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\Display\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ >The DeskHtmlExt key contains a "(Default)" value, which points to a class registry >key and a Tag value, which is a number unique to a particular computer. > > > Or > >1) click 'start' then 'run' > >2) type in 'regedit' > >3) a scary looking thing loads, on the left there is a few folders named HKEY somethingorother, >click HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then 'software', then 'microsoft', then 'windows' then 'currentversion', >then click 'policies', and finally click 'system' > >4) 5 icons should now have appeared on the right (see pic here: http://www.insomniafm.co.uk/upload/files/v...a/regedit1.JPG) > >5) double click the files NoDispBackgroundPage and NoDispAppearancePage and change >their value from 1 to 0 > >6) delete the file wallpaper REG_SZ > >7) close regedit > > >hopefully ive been helpful > > > > Written in response to: re: Display properties dialog box problem (xyz: Monday, March 6, 2006 at 10:22 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Display properties dialog box problem (antmanbee: Fri, Mar 3, 2006, 10:30 pm) re: Display properties dialog box problem (xyz: Mon, Mar 6, 2006, 10:22 am) re: Display properties dialog box problem -- Check your mail (gewg_: Mon, Mar 6, 2006, 3:55 pm) re: Display properties dialog box problem (antmanbee: Mon, Mar 6, 2006, 8:23 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum