Deleting an Active Desktop Item

[Guest]

XP-SP2. IE6.

Can anyone help me delete an Active Item from my Active Desktop?

My main problem is that IE6 locks up when trying to Synchronize this Active
Web Page.

However, when I try to delete the web page from Desktop Items, All pages
disappear and everything locks up (due to a rundll32.exe task that is using
all the CPU). When I kill this process, I find that the pages were not
deleted.

There must be another approach to deleting the Desktop Items.

Thanks.
Bruce

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
Have you tried deleting it from safe mode?
315222 - A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[David Candy]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop

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Hi,
Have you tried deleting it from safe mode?
315222 - A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

XP-SP2. IE6.

Can anyone help me delete an Active Item from my Active Desktop?

My main problem is that IE6 locks up when trying to Synchronize this Active
Web Page.

However, when I try to delete the web page from Desktop Items, All pages
disappear and everything locks up (due to a rundll32.exe task that is using
all the CPU). When I kill this process, I find that the pages were not
deleted.

There must be another approach to deleting the Desktop Items.

Thanks.
Bruce

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Bruce,

Use this REG file.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/webitem.reg

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


XP-SP2. IE6.

Can anyone help me delete an Active Item from my Active Desktop?

My main problem is that IE6 locks up when trying to Synchronize this Active
Web Page.

However, when I try to delete the web page from Desktop Items, All pages
disappear and everything locks up (due to a rundll32.exe task that is using
all the CPU). When I kill this process, I find that the pages were not
deleted.

There must be another approach to deleting the Desktop Items.

Thanks.
Bruce

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ramesh. Before I install this can you tell me what to expect?
Is this a fix for an existing XP problem?

Bruce

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Bruce,

That REG file is another approach to deleting the Desktop Items. Applying
that fix will remove all the Web items, expect the "My current homepage"
entry.

To view the REG contents, open it using Notepad.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks Ramesh. Before I install this can you tell me what to expect?
Is this a fix for an existing XP problem?

Bruce

 

[Guest]

Thanks. This worked perfectly. I appreciate the help.

Bruce,

That REG file is another approach to deleting the Desktop Items. Applying
that fix will remove all the Web items, expect the "My current homepage"
entry.

To view the REG contents, open it using Notepad.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks Ramesh. Before I install this can you tell me what to expect?
Is this a fix for an existing XP problem?

Bruce

Bruce,

Use this REG file.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/webitem.reg

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


XP-SP2. IE6.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome Bruce.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks. This worked perfectly. I appreciate the help.

Bruce,

That REG file is another approach to deleting the Desktop Items. Applying
that fix will remove all the Web items, expect the "My current homepage"
entry.

To view the REG contents, open it using Notepad.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks Ramesh. Before I install this can you tell me what to expect?
Is this a fix for an existing XP problem?

Bruce

Bruce,

Use this REG file.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/webitem.reg