Active Destop Recovery Failure

[theislandman]

Somebody please help me.
For the last 3 weeks i've been hacing an Active Desktop Recovery screen
coming up. Initially when i clicked the 'Restore Active Desktop' button it
kept coming up with a script error. I've since solved this problem, but now
when the 'Restore Active Desktop' button comes up, the acive desktop is
restored for about 10 seconds and then crashes again, porompting me to
restore it again.

It's causing all kinds of problems because every time i try to get into my
personal folders, i only have about 10 seconds to find what i'm looking for
because everything then disappears.

I'd be eternally grateful if anyone can solve this for me.

Cheers

I'm running Windows XP

[ninja@discussions.microsoft.com indigo ninja]

"theislandman" wrote:

my computer has been doing the same. I'd like a reply on how to fix it.

Thanks

[S. @discussions.microsoft.com Chris S.]

[Chris S.]

Thank you for clarifying the pitfalls of an Active Desktop Recovery. I read
the two posts from theislandman and indigo ninja. Each says that they were
able to solve the problem of Script Error. My computer is experiencing the
same problem, a script error message appears. I pressed "Yes" and "No".
Neither action seems to restore my desktop. How is this error corrected?
What can I expect to happen after taking this action?

[sonja]

Did you find a fix for your active desktop recovery problem? I have the same
display
thanks

--
enjoy happiness

[Chris S.]

The computer mysteriously corrected itself. It seems to be working well now.
By "display", do you mean "message"?

[EGA]

[desktop recovery@discussions.microsoft.com active desktop recovery]

What is the answer to the questions concerning the active Desktop Recovery
opportunity?

[vangee]

I am having the same problem and I have not found the solution, can you help?
This is a real problem while trying to work.

Thankful

[tnvol]

Where do I find the suggestions of potential fixes for the problem listed is
the several posting below? I have exactly the same issue.
tnvol

[CHAR]

HOW DID YOU SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH DESKTOP ERROR?

[Blakemac]

How do you solve the "Script Error" for the Restore Active Destop?

[Wendy McKee]

I have no solution...I am here to say I have the exact same problem. I
intalled object desktop, windowblinds, etc. and seemed to run into all of
this mess after. Don't know if that is the culprit or a virus??? Please let
me know if anyone finds a fix.

url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/14991.aspx

[Tucson Will]

Call me stupid but I don't understand the statement; "Click to show or hide
original message or reply text." I have right clicked and left clicked all
over the screen and nothing happens. Would you please give me more detailed
instructions?1
Bill
--
Will

[Margie@discussions.microsoft.com Aunt Margie]

[Aunt Margie]

In the past 7 months there have been 13 posts here that all say they are
having the same problem I am having. NOBODY has come up with any solutions
at all. What do you have to do to get some actual help on this site??

[lilnavy]

thank you so much for that statement. if I find out I will post back.

[Sasha]

Did you happen to figure out how to get the active recovery failure off ur
wallpaper? I click yes then no and nothing happens. Plz help if u found a
resolution for this problem. thx

[answer would be helpful!@discussions.microsoft.com An answer would be helpful!]

[An answer would be helpful!]

[mortheilma]

[mortheilma]

[moon]

[moon]

[moon]

[can you get back to me please@discussions.microsoft.com hi, can you get back to me please]

marige, hi i ecently got the same problem with my desktop. i went to
microsoft for help and came upon these threads. i did not fiind a solution
either. did you??? i would appreciate it if yo could help me out. thanks

[KatDex]

Did you ever get a solution to this problem. I'm experiencing the same
issue, but I can't even figure out how to get the script error to stop
appearing. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

[Kat@discussions.microsoft.com Grandma Kat]

I've got the same problem as everyone else here. Hello???!!! Is there anybody
working at the technical department of the website?
Do they not read the forums to try to solve problems?
Obviously not, since I've seen the same problem listed since Nov. 2007.
Has ANYONE found a solution that actually works? I've tried restarting my
computer, restoring the computer, even downloaded the critical updates, but I
still get the script error and a big white screen for a desktop. My icons are
there, but they won't let me do anything for very long either.
If anyone finds a solution that works, please post it here and you will have
a larger fan base than Lassie.

[nashgirl]

This is the problem I am having. How can I fix it?

>

[shellybean30]

"nashgirl" wrote:

>
> This is the problem I am having. How can I fix it?
>
>

> >Having the same problem. Hello? Will somebody please help us? What a nightmare!

[roger]

Did you find the solution to this problem as I am having the same problem and
when I try to restore my desktop nothing happens? Could you please advise if
you corrected your problem and how? Thank you

[Tura@discussions.microsoft.com Tessie Tura]

Okay WINDOWS XP people.

Your PC went down with the electricity or it didn't shut off right and you
hit the button on the tower to shut off the power.

Now, you have a white screen background that's probably hard to read with
all that stuff on your desk top.

When you click the "Restore Active Desktop" button, nothing happens.

You have two (2) options:

1:Active Desktop Recovery
by tomwadsworth - 3/24/07 11:15 AM
In reply to: Active Desktop Recovery by shoots2
Same thing happened to me.

Solution: Put your cursor on a blank spot on the Active Desktop Recovery
Error page, do a right click, and select Properties. Select the Desktop tab,
then select whatever image you want as your desktop image. It should restore
your Desktop just fine.

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6121_102-0.html?forumID=45&threadID=235415&messageID=2413179

OR

2. Click START > MY COMPUTER > CONTROL PANEL

Click on the DISPLAY icon

When the DISPLAY PROPERTIES window comes up, click on OK if the theme is
already set on what you want on your desktop. If not, choose the theme that
you want to display on your desktop and THEN click OK.

It should solve the problem.

regards to ye all.

[paulvt]

[jen@discussions.microsoft.com just jen]

okay tessie, do u think we are all idiots and wouldn't have already tried to
do so? did u miss the part bout how this is happeneing to ppl, it had nothin
2 do w/ powerin down, the trojan they are talkin bout even changed my
properties where i dont even have a choice for a screensaver or for my
desktop picture, same as if i was to click on a pic(right click that is) and
choose to make the picture my desktop background it still wont so instead of
talkin down 2 us like were dumbasses why dont u try readin what the problem
really is rahter that assumin u know what your talkin bout.

[Jeffrey]

Hey Everybody, THIS JUST WORKED FOR ME.

I had this problem yesterday, and found this answer at www.daniweb.com

It took about 2 minutes (be careful, of course, in the registry)

Of course if microsoft people ever joined their discussion groups they
should have easily been able to answer your / our question. But you hafta
give a sh..t and they don't.

desktop.htt pretty much controls the size and position of your desktop. IE7
is a little bit incompatible with the old profile you may have had already.
To fix it go Start >Run, type and enter regedit
Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components
Change the value of DeskHtmlVersion to zero instead of decimal 272.

[Cyber_Pendragon]

Hey Jeffrey, Thanks for your info. It solved my white screen problem that
everyone complained about. Seems it's all from the Antispyware 2008 virus.
I've got my old desktop background again but the frozen background options in
the Display Properties/Desktop tab, as explained by northurnxposure in this
link on 12/11/2008, is still there. Finding the path to what has selected
all of the options an locked up the backgrounds is the next problem.
Hopefully some MS tech (or other smart person) is monitoring this and can
supply us with the path.

[john92117]

hit control+ALT+Delete and run program from there, it will give you all the
time you need......your desktop has been kijacked and I have found only one
fix- goto tech republick, they have a download to fix this @
http://software.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=639027 it is called
desktop hijack fix 1.2 good luck....let me know if it works, it did for
me!!!! thank god> I'm running Windows XP

[jacke6403]

I realize this is an old thread (couple years old infact). However I am
having the same issue now. However mine started out a bit different than all
the threads I've read about this issue. Mine first started out by, every
time I right click on my taskbar, my taskbar and desktop icons temporarily
disappear and then reappear. In certain programs when I click on edit or
right click any files or folders, the same thing would happen, temporarily
everything disappears then reappears again. This time, I right clicked my
desktop to change my wallpaper, and the whole thing crashed! I now have the
Active Desktop Recovery screen. When I click the Restore my Active Desktop
buttons, I also get the script error when I click yes or no. Did anyone else
have the same right click issues starting out, as I have?

"theislandman" wrote:

> Somebody please help me.
> For the last 3 weeks i've been hacing an Active Desktop Recovery screen
> coming up. Initially when i clicked the 'Restore Active Desktop' button it
> kept coming up with a script error. I've since solved this problem, but now
> when the 'Restore Active Desktop' button comes up, the acive desktop is
> restored for about 10 seconds and then crashes again, porompting me to
> restore it again.
>
> It's causing all kinds of problems because every time i try to get into my
> personal folders, i only have about 10 seconds to find what i'm looking for
> because everything then disappears.
>
> I'd be eternally grateful if anyone can solve this for me.
>
> Cheers
>

[GeoffM]

--
GeoffM

"Chris S." wrote:

> Thank you for clarifying the pitfalls of an Active Desktop Recovery. I read
> the two posts from theislandman and indigo ninja. Each says that they were
> able to solve the problem of Script Error. My computer is experiencing the
> same problem, a script error message appears. I pressed "Yes" and "No".
> Neither action seems to restore my desktop. How is this error corrected?
> What can I expect to happen after taking this action?
>

[GeoffM]

why does nothing happen when i click "to sow or hide reply text?
--
GeoffM

"Chris S." wrote:

> The computer mysteriously corrected itself. It seems to be working well now.
> By "display", do you mean "message"?
>
> "sonja" wrote:
>
> > Did you find a fix for your active desktop recovery problem? I have the same
> > display
> > thanks
> >
> > --
> > enjoy happiness

[TechSid]

Hi theislandman,

You can try this,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Components
2. In the right pane, right-click DeskHtmlVersion, and then click Modify.
3. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
4. Exit Registry Editor.
Restart the comp and re log in ...

Just letme know if it works. else I can tell you about a parch which U can
download and try.

Regards,
TechSid

[JP]

A friend did this on my PC and it worked. Problem now is fixing my other
computers. I did not see how to get to the COMMON_USER point in the registry.
Can anyone helo?

[JP]

At Run, type: regedit, of course, and then on as described by a couple of the
posts above. Works fine.

[JP]

Dear Sid,
Well, this fix did not hold. If you have another solution, I would sure like
to have it. We have 5 computers on a wireless network, and since my partner
used RegTool, every one of them has the same active desktop problem.

[edwardvicky]

[ranchguy]

What is the answer? I keep seeing people with the same problem as me but
don't see an answer. Somebody help, Please!

[ann@discussions.microsoft.com mary ann]

"indigo ninja" wrote:

>
>
> "theislandman" wrote:
>
> > Somebody please help me.
> > For the last 3 weeks i've been hacing an Active Desktop Recovery screen
> > coming up. Initially when i clicked the 'Restore Active Desktop' button it
> > kept coming up with a script error. I've since solved this problem, but now
> > when the 'Restore Active Desktop' button comes up, the acive desktop is
> > restored for about 10 seconds and then crashes again, porompting me to
> > restore it again.
> >
> > It's causing all kinds of problems because every time i try to get into my
> > personal folders, i only have about 10 seconds to find what i'm looking for
> > because everything then disappears.
> >
> > I'd be eternally grateful if anyone can solve this for me.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > I'm running Windows XP
>

> my computer has been doing the same. I'd like a reply on how to fix it.
>
> Thanks

[SILBOY]

"Blakemac" wrote:

> How do you solve the "Script Error" for the Restore Active Destop?

>
> "Chris S." wrote:
>
> > Thank you for clarifying the pitfalls of an Active Desktop Recovery. I read
> > the two posts from theislandman and indigo ninja. Each says that they were
> > able to solve the problem of Script Error. My computer is experiencing the
> > same problem, a script error message appears. I pressed "Yes" and "No".
> > Neither action seems to restore my desktop. How is this error corrected?
> > What can I expect to happen after taking this action?
> >

[Eros]

HI, I think I've found a solution for ADR defect reappearing.
This is what I did to get rid of it:

1. I erased all temporary files out from my HD (I used 3 different programs
to do that: CCleaner, TuneUp Utilities's Gain Disk Space, Advanced
SystemCare's Disk Cleaner.)

2. Installed Spybot Search & Destroy program.
2.1 Updated it, ran a scan (also with check for user tracks enabled) and let
it fix anything it had found. (One of the findings was suspicious registry
entry ForceActiveDesktopOn, maybe that was the cause?)

3. After doing the scan, letting it erase all bad things and usage tracks, I
uninstalled Spybot and restarted the computer.

4. The ADR still appeared, but then I just reset the wallpaper and restarted
again.

And after that the ADR error hasn't appeared anymore.

So in conclusion, either ADR error was caused by ForceActiveDesktopOn OR
("bad"?) usage tracks OR both. Or by any trojans Spybot finds.

Let me know if this worked for you.

"vangee" wrote:

> I am having the same problem and I have not found the solution, can you help?
> This is a real problem while trying to work.
>
> Thankful

[Eros]

[coalter]