Display Properties when right clicking mouse

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Hello! My computer crashed and all my settings were lost. I can no longer
right click my mouse and get all the display properties (appearance and
themes). What do I need to reset to accommodate this function. Thank you and
God bless!
 
First, eliminate Malware from the system. See:

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php

To restore the missing tabs, start Regedit.exe and navigate these two
locations:

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

In the right-pane, delete the following values if found:

- NoDispAppearancePage
- NoThemesTab
- NoDispBackgroundPage
- NoDispScrSavPage
- NoDispSettingsPage

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! My computer crashed and all my settings were lost. I can no longer
right click my mouse and get all the display properties (appearance and
themes). What do I need to reset to accommodate this function. Thank you
and
God bless!
 
Hello! I really appreciate your response. I tried this and none of the
items you listed appeared. So, I still am unable to access all of the
appearance & themes when right clicking my mouse. Only one item will appear
and then I have to go to the control panel to change additional items.
Again, thank you and additional thoughts would be much appreciated. God
bless!
 
Which tab(s) are visible currently?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! I really appreciate your response. I tried this and none of the
items you listed appeared. So, I still am unable to access all of the
appearance & themes when right clicking my mouse. Only one item will appear
and then I have to go to the control panel to change additional items.
Again, thank you and additional thoughts would be much appreciated. God
bless!
 
the only item that shows when I right click "Properties" is "Display
Properties".
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
Which tab(s) are visible currently?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! I really appreciate your response. I tried this and none of the
items you listed appeared. So, I still am unable to access all of the
appearance & themes when right clicking my mouse. Only one item will appear
and then I have to go to the control panel to change additional items.
Again, thank you and additional thoughts would be much appreciated. God
bless!
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
First, eliminate Malware from the system. See:

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php

To restore the missing tabs, start Regedit.exe and navigate these two
locations:

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

In the right-pane, delete the following values if found:

- NoDispAppearancePage
- NoThemesTab
- NoDispBackgroundPage
- NoDispScrSavPage
- NoDispSettingsPage

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! My computer crashed and all my settings were lost. I can no
longer
right click my mouse and get all the display properties (appearance and
themes). What do I need to reset to accommodate this function. Thank you
and
God bless!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
"Display Properties" is the window title. But which tab(s) are visible?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


the only item that shows when I right click "Properties" is "Display
Properties".
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
Which tab(s) are visible currently?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! I really appreciate your response. I tried this and none of the
items you listed appeared. So, I still am unable to access all of the
appearance & themes when right clicking my mouse. Only one item will
appear
and then I have to go to the control panel to change additional items.
Again, thank you and additional thoughts would be much appreciated. God
bless!
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
First, eliminate Malware from the system. See:

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php

To restore the missing tabs, start Regedit.exe and navigate these two
locations:

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

In the right-pane, delete the following values if found:

- NoDispAppearancePage
- NoThemesTab
- NoDispBackgroundPage
- NoDispScrSavPage
- NoDispSettingsPage

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! My computer crashed and all my settings were lost. I can no
longer
right click my mouse and get all the display properties (appearance and
themes). What do I need to reset to accommodate this function. Thank
you
and
God bless!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
No tabs are shown, only a box with no tabs.
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
"Display Properties" is the window title. But which tab(s) are visible?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


the only item that shows when I right click "Properties" is "Display
Properties".
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
Which tab(s) are visible currently?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! I really appreciate your response. I tried this and none of the
items you listed appeared. So, I still am unable to access all of the
appearance & themes when right clicking my mouse. Only one item will
appear
and then I have to go to the control panel to change additional items.
Again, thank you and additional thoughts would be much appreciated. God
bless!
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
First, eliminate Malware from the system. See:

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php

To restore the missing tabs, start Regedit.exe and navigate these two
locations:

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

In the right-pane, delete the following values if found:

- NoDispAppearancePage
- NoThemesTab
- NoDispBackgroundPage
- NoDispScrSavPage
- NoDispSettingsPage

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! My computer crashed and all my settings were lost. I can no
longer
right click my mouse and get all the display properties (appearance and
themes). What do I need to reset to accommodate this function. Thank
you
and
God bless!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Have you checked these two locations, per my earlier post?

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

Delete the following values if found

- NoDispAppearancePage
- NoThemesTab
- NoDispBackgroundPage
- NoDispScrSavPage
- NoDispSettingsPage

Can exist under HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

If none of the above Policies are set (in both of the locations above), but
the display properties tabs are still missing except for the Themes tab, try
these commands from Start, Run dialog:

regsvr32 themeui
regsvr32 /i shell32

Restart Windows.

--
Regards,

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


No tabs are shown, only a box with no tabs.
 
Ramesh - Thank you very much for your last reply. This worked! How did you
know how to fix this. I really, really appreciate you sticking with it and
helping me out. God bless your heart! Jimmyd
--
jimmyd


jimmyd said:
No tabs are shown, only a box with no tabs.
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
"Display Properties" is the window title. But which tab(s) are visible?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


the only item that shows when I right click "Properties" is "Display
Properties".
--
jimmyd


Ramesh said:
Which tab(s) are visible currently?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! I really appreciate your response. I tried this and none of the
items you listed appeared. So, I still am unable to access all of the
appearance & themes when right clicking my mouse. Only one item will
appear
and then I have to go to the control panel to change additional items.
Again, thank you and additional thoughts would be much appreciated. God
bless!
--
jimmyd


:

First, eliminate Malware from the system. See:

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.php

To restore the missing tabs, start Regedit.exe and navigate these two
locations:

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

In the right-pane, delete the following values if found:

- NoDispAppearancePage
- NoThemesTab
- NoDispBackgroundPage
- NoDispScrSavPage
- NoDispSettingsPage

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello! My computer crashed and all my settings were lost. I can no
longer
right click my mouse and get all the display properties (appearance and
themes). What do I need to reset to accommodate this function. Thank
you
and
God bless!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome Jimmyd.

Which one helped?

--
Regards,

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


Ramesh - Thank you very much for your last reply. This worked! How did you
know how to fix this. I really, really appreciate you sticking with it and
helping me out. God bless your heart! Jimmyd
 

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