How to remove Active Desktop Recovery screen

  1. Go to Run and type regedit
  2. Now navigate to this path – HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components
  3. You would find a key named DeskHtmlVersion
  4. Right click the key and select Modify
  5. Under the label Base, select the radio button Decimal
  6. Change Value data to 0
  7. Click OK

This should do the trick. If the screen doesn’t go then try restarting your PC for the changes to take effect.

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131 comments

  1. AG Rana
    September 6, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    My last comments were too early… All my desktop icons come back after restart, Many Thanks .

  2. Krish
    September 8, 2011 at 3:46 am

    Very useful piece of information and more importantly it was simple to use and actually worked !

    Thanks

  3. paresh
    September 16, 2011 at 2:26 am

    thanks so much…..

  4. Akshay
    September 21, 2011 at 10:25 am

    it worked thanks

  5. Mukesh Sisodia
    September 29, 2011 at 10:42 am

    thanks My problem has been resolve So I Thanks again.

  6. lino69
    September 29, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    thankyou

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  7. ashok
    October 14, 2011 at 7:26 am

    Thanks for better suggestion

  8. Amit Tiwari
    October 20, 2011 at 11:51 am

    There is no need to restart the system. Just go the desktop after making the changes and press F5.

  9. Kello
    October 21, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    Thank you very much for the support. The path was very simple and i appreciate it. Thanks

  10. mahesh
    October 23, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    Thnaks lot

  11. shashi bhushan
    October 29, 2011 at 10:47 am

    Thank you very much for the support. The path was very simple and i appreciate it. Thanks

  13. George
    November 2, 2011 at 10:22 am

    You’re wonderful. Thanks for your help.

  14. surendranath
    November 3, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    Mine is a lan pc and my problem has not been solved yet
    i did all changes what u have mentioned in thread but also same boring wallpaper ActiveDesktopRecovery.

  16. Chakri
    November 14, 2011 at 4:41 am

    Thank you so much….

  17. prakash
    November 14, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    dear sir,
    First of all I give it to thanks for my problem has been resolve & your path is very simple and I appreciate with you. & your point trick is very simple for the way of resolve the problem

    Thanking you,
    Prakash W

  18. Brightson
    November 15, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    The way you explain its very good, anyone can do.. Good Post
    Thanks

    Cheers,
    Brightson

  19. rajj
    November 30, 2011 at 10:38 am

    kekaa……its awesm man thanks alot

  20. Shiv
    December 10, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    Thanks It worked!!!

  21. Apoorv
    December 12, 2011 at 9:41 am

    wow,it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    thanks

  22. Julee
    December 12, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    Thanks….worked like a charm!

  23. Jaimon
    December 22, 2011 at 7:02 pm

    It worked

  24. Sam
    December 26, 2011 at 2:34 am

    Hi! This used to remove the active desktop recovery on my laptop. But now, whenever I type “regedit” using the run function, it doesn’t appear anymore. I tried looking for the registry editor in the windows, but it also did not work.

    Please help me.

  25. Yogesh
    December 26, 2011 at 5:25 am

    Thanks it worked!

  26. Arun
    January 16, 2012 at 7:29 am

    i got the solution within seconds. Thanx a ton

  27. xtian
    January 16, 2012 at 10:26 am

    copy and paste to notepad and save as xadfix.vbs

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
    strComputer = “.”
    Set objReg = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\” & strComputer & “\root\default:StdRegProv”)
    strKeyPath = “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components”
    strValue = “0″
    ValueName = “DeskHtmlVersion”
    objReg.SetDWORDValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyPath, ValueName, strValue

    then run the script…

    credits to: middo of sitepoint

  28. Rohit
    January 21, 2012 at 9:54 am

    it worked……

  29. Vlad Labuc
    January 28, 2012 at 8:54 am

    Amazingly fast fix for an annoying problem. Works perfectly first time. Restart Windows and it comes back clean before Recovery screen invaded the desktop.

  30. Prateek
    January 29, 2012 at 9:02 am

    Thanks a lot. It works!! :)

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