Can anyone help with this?

[Tony Meloche]

Somewhere in the last few days - I don't know when - the tab on the
"properties" page marked "Desktop" disappeared. "Themes",
"Screen Saver" , "Appearance", "Slide Show" (which I never use) and
"Settings" are there, but "Desktop" has vanished. Any help getting it
back appreciated!

Thanks,

Tony

 

[Ron Badour]

Have you checked for a system restore point dated prior to the onset of this
problem?

 

[Tony Meloche]

Have you checked for a system restore point dated prior to the onset of this
problem?

Yes I did, Ron - but I only had four days worth (I keep a small cache
of System Restore files) and back to the earliest it was still there - I
was last in Desktop/Properties about a week ago.

MVP Kelly(I know you know who I mean) pointed me to a fix that worked
perfectly, and I'm grateful to any of you who replied to this post. Now,
if I only knew what I inadvertently did - if it indeed was something I
did - that caused that. But I kept the reg code in case it should
happen again.

Thanks,

Tony

 

[WTC]

Somewhere in the last few days - I don't know when - the tab on the
"properties" page marked "Desktop" disappeared. "Themes", "Screen
Saver" , "Appearance", "Slide Show" (which I never use) and
"Settings" are there, but "Desktop" has vanished. Any help getting it
back appreciated!

Hi Tony Meloche,

Ensure your system is clean of malware and other parasites.

To re-enable the Desktop tab:

Open the Registry Editor (start > run > regedit.exe).
Navigate to:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
and/or
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Remove or change the value to 0 for "NoDispBackgroundPage".

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Or you can download the following file from my company's web site to
your desktop.

http://www.lprf.ca/files/cntrlpnl/dsplyprprts/DsktpTb.Show.reg

Right-click "DsktpTb.Show.reg" to select Merge. This will make the
required changes to re-enable the Desktop tab.

NOTE: You can view the contents of "DsktpTb.Show.reg" by right-click
the file to select "Edit.

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If you are using Windows XP Professional then make the changes in the
Group Policy Editor (Start > Run > gpedit.msc)

Navigate to:

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Display

Double-click "Hide Desktop tab" and choose "Not Configured"

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Here is my Blog article on the missing Desktop tab in Display
Properties.

Desktop Tab Missing - Display Properties
http://billjr.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!28CBD6442F406227!362.entry

 

[Tony Meloche]

Thanks Bill - all is well again. No malware found by Norton, SpyBot or
Ad-Aware, though.

Tony

 

[WTC]

Thanks Bill - all is well again. No malware found by Norton, SpyBot
or Ad-Aware, though.

You're welcome.