No right Click menus

[Joe]

When I right click on the desktop, I dont get my pop up
menu. And when I click on files and folders ina window
vies, I dont get any pop up menus. But, right clicking on
web browser windows still works, and right clicking in
programs, ie. Word, Excel, still work. And right clicking
on the start menu works. Just not on the desktop or in
windows opened up while exploring through my computer.
Please help. I have been looking for weeks.
Thanks in advance.

Joe

 

[David Candy]

NoViewContextMenu
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Data type Range Default value
REG_DWORD 0 | 1 0

Description
Removes shortcut menus from the desktop and Windows Explorer. Shortcut menus appear when you right-click an item.

This entry stores the setting of the Disable Windows Explorer's default context menu Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry with a value of 1 when you enable the policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes the entry from the registry and the system behaves as though the value is 0.

Value Meaning
0 (or not in registry) The policy is disabled or not configured. Shortcut menus appear.
1 The policy is enabled. Shortcut menus are hidden.

When the value of this entry is 1, menus do not appear when you right-click the desktop or when you right-click the items in Windows Explorer. This value does not prevent users from using other methods to issue commands available on the shortcut menus.

Change method
To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Disable Windows Explorer's default context menu policy (User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer).

Tip

For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.

For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Reference Table.

 

[robert]

Restore Missing Show Desktop Icon to Quick Launch
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_showdesktop.htm
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