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Desktop and Taskbar Problems

"NEW" COMMAND MISSING FROM DESKTOP / WINDOWS EXPLORER

One of the early addon components to Windows 98 was the Desktop Update Component. This is described in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;165695
How to Add or Remove Windows Desktop Update

Adding the Desktop Update gave you these benefits:

- ihe Active Desktop.
- a single, customizable Explorer with Web View.
- a Web-integrated Start menu and taskbar.
- click (rather than double-click) items to open them; point at items to select them.


After you installed Internet Explorer with the Desktop Update component, you might find the New command missing from the File menu of Windows Explorer, and also missing from the context menu brought up by right clicking the Desktop. This is described here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;180257
New Command Missing in Windows Explorer

As detailed above, it can occur because a certain registry key becomes damaged or has an incorrect value. Click on Start, then Run, then type REGEDIT and hit the Enter key. Now drill down to this registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New\ (Default)

The correct Value for (Default) is:

{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}

This registry entry only exists if the Windows Desktop Update component is installed. If the Windows Desktop Update component is not installed, add the registry entry and (Default) value.