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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162 comments

  1. Sakthiy
    January 6, 2011 at 11:04 am

    Hey, Its really working… thanks for uploaded the instruction :)

  2. sireesha
    February 10, 2011 at 10:55 am

    Really it is working fine thanks a lot………………………………………

  4. Beant
    February 18, 2011 at 11:22 am

    Awesome Buddy …it works

  5. Bini
    February 23, 2011 at 8:59 am

    Thank you so much.. IT worked.. I was sick and tired of looking at the Error. Thanks a million

  6. tousif shaikh
    February 24, 2011 at 9:09 am

    it worked like charm…..thanks for the support..

  7. Muhannad
    March 13, 2011 at 8:19 am

    it is working fine, thanks a lot

  8. Sastry
    March 20, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Thank you so much it has worked!

  9. Venu
    March 21, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Wow, it worked wonders on a laptop which had admin rights. Thanks mate

  10. nagi
    March 25, 2011 at 7:02 am

    beauty its working!!!!!

  11. SatZ
    March 25, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    Hey Thanks lot! been struggling with it for a long time.

  12. Rahul
    April 3, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    Thanks dear. its working

  13. Ravindra
    April 6, 2011 at 9:19 am

    it’s worked ………….

    Thanks.

  14. khoon
    April 10, 2011 at 2:56 am

    nice way to solve & remove for active desktop recovery

  15. Ankush Mittal
    April 11, 2011 at 10:00 am

    amazing! thak you so much it works

  16. karthikeyan
    April 12, 2011 at 4:53 am

    It works!!!

  17. kevin
    April 13, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    what you mean go to run?

  18. Nischal Shetty
    April 13, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    @Kevin When you click the start menu in windows, you will see a text box. Type regedit in it.

  19. vera
    April 22, 2011 at 3:55 am

    Bingooooooooooooooo!!

  20. vardhan
    April 23, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    thank u very much……

  21. Bless Jasseh
    April 23, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    Great! it work! thanks so mcuh

  22. azaruddin
    April 25, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Its really working… thanks for uploaded the instruction

  23. Ravi sharma
    April 29, 2011 at 7:55 am

    very helpfull thankyou very much

  24. Blah
    May 12, 2011 at 7:58 pm

    it says it cant find. ikeep getting error messages :./

  25. Bob
    May 15, 2011 at 2:48 am

    It worked ! Thx man :)

  26. JohnA
    May 22, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    Worked like a charm on reboot. Thanks for the help.

  27. rom
    May 22, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    any Idea how it worked ?? i worked in my case also but what is background of it ??

  28. SS
    May 23, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    Awesome! It worked. after seeing active desktop recovery screen for months I can finally have some good pictures as my wall paper.

  29. mat
    May 25, 2011 at 5:50 am

    Waooh! it really worked! u r good!

  30. Amit
    May 29, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Thanks so much buddy

  31. Art
    June 4, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Thanks buddy, you know your way around this stuff.

  32. Robert
    June 8, 2011 at 7:55 am

    Hey this really worked,
    Can also let me know how we can change the desktop wallpaper, without admin rights

  33. Kosa
    June 8, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    Fantastic thanks

  34. Tobi
    June 10, 2011 at 4:43 am

    My Desktop freezes (hangs) can’t even open Run

  35. Tankz Pokharel
    June 21, 2011 at 4:07 am

    oohhh!!! great…it really worked!!!!thanks

  36. MuSdiK
    June 26, 2011 at 6:47 am

    wow itt works… tnx for the forum^^ i can now fix this same problem that my friends have too… tnx again^^

  37. Arun
    June 28, 2011 at 2:37 am

    awesome and very easy instructions. it worked.

  38. Ayazkhan
    July 12, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Thanks I found the salution on the same would like to tanks to all team teactamasha

  39. shailendra
    July 21, 2011 at 10:06 am

    It’s very usefull thank a lot

  40. shivakrishna
    July 24, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    This method is not solve my problem can somebody tell me how to disable the active desktop without Blue background…

  42. vinay
    August 8, 2011 at 4:50 am

    My problem has been solved. Thanks.

  43. khan
    August 17, 2011 at 5:08 am

    Thanks for the solution , but still users can’t change their wallpaper , it is implmented by the IT Department , users some users can’t receive proper wallpaper so they face this problem

    Thanks,

  44. rahim
    August 17, 2011 at 9:15 am

    hey u said to change value data,value data at the moment is showing 272 so at wht number should i change it………..

  45. thanapalan
    August 17, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    yes sure now working and my desktop activeted desktop recovery

  46. Sun
    August 23, 2011 at 8:30 am

    Hey, Its really working… thanks for uploaded the instruction

  47. Paul Bevan
    August 26, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for posting the info on clearing my Active Desktop fault! Worked a treat, when it was baffling me to the point of it going through the window. (Glass not microsft!)

    Thanks again!

  48. Dhiman
    August 26, 2011 at 9:52 pm

    You’re the right person for the job.It worked strightaway.Thank you very much.

  49. prashanthi
    August 31, 2011 at 12:31 pm

    thank u so much. it really worked

  50. AG Rana
    September 6, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    It worked, but it also removed all my desktop icons.

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