"Display Properties" Dialogue Box Issue

[jlev89]

Hello,

When I right-click my desktop and click "Properties," the "Display
Properties" dialogue box (which normally has theme settings, screen
savers, resolution, background, etc) comes up.

The problem is, only the first panel -- which lets you choose the theme
of your computer -- comes up, but everything else, including all of the
other tabs, is gone. I can't change the screensaver, or resolution, or
desktop background.

What is the issue with this? Why am I only seeing the Theme tab?

Thank you,
Jordan

 

[Claymore]

Hi,

Try this:

Copy the text below between the dotted lines, but not the dotted lines
themselves. Open Notepad and paste it in. Save the result in a suitable
location as tabs.reg - making sure that the default .txt extension
doesn't appear in the file name.
Double-click on the saved .reg file to merge the contents.
Restart.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=dword:00000000
"NoThemesTab"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

"NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000000
"NoDispSettingsPage"=dword:00000000
"Wallpaper"=-

------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Jordan,

Restore missing tabs to the Display properties dialog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...ng-tabs-to-the-Display-properties-dialog.html

--
Regards,

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


Hello,

When I right-click my desktop and click "Properties," the "Display
Properties" dialogue box (which normally has theme settings, screen
savers, resolution, background, etc) comes up.

The problem is, only the first panel -- which lets you choose the theme
of your computer -- comes up, but everything else, including all of the
other tabs, is gone. I can't change the screensaver, or resolution, or
desktop background.

What is the issue with this? Why am I only seeing the Theme tab?

Thank you,
Jordan