Web tab missing in the Customize Desktop dialog

Web tab missing in the Customize Desktop dialog

When you click Customize Desktop button in the Display Properties, Desktop tab, the Web tab may be missing. This is due to one or more of the following Policies enabled.


NoActiveDesktopChanges
NoActiveDesktop
NoComponents

SOLUTION


Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT
Navigate to the following keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
Delete the two values NoActiveDesktopChanges & NoActiveDesktop in the right-pane
Navigate to the following keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ ActiveDesktop
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ ActiveDesktop
Delete the value NoComponents in both the above locations.


INFO:

NoActiveDesktopChanges corresponds to the Prohibit changes Group Policy
User Configuration \ AdministrativeTemplates \ Desktop \ Active Desktop


NoActiveDesktop corresponds to the Disable Active Desktop Group Policy
User Configuration \ AdministrativeTemplates \ Desktop \ Active Desktop


NoComponents stores the setting of the Disable all items Group Policy
To start the Group Policy Editor, type GPEDIT.MSC in Start, Run dialog.