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Monday 28 January 2013

Disable Windows XP's Desktop Cleanup Wizard

Right-click on an empty space on the desktop and select the Properties . When the Display Properties dialog box appears, click the Desktop tab. Then click on the Desktop tab, click the Customize Desktop button. You'll then see the Desktop Items screen shown in Figure A.

Figure A
Turn off the Desktop Cleanup Wizard on the Desktop Items screen.


To disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard, remove the checkmark from the Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard Every 60 Days.

Click OK to save your changes. 
You can also done it through a simple registry tip:


FOLLOW THESE STEPS
1. Open Registry editor (start > Run> then type "regedit" (without quotes) and press enter button
this will open registry editor
this will open registry editorthis will open registry editor 2.Go to path


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz 



Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "NoRun" and set it as 1 to disable and 0 to enable the wizard .
Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.
Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|NoRunREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
-
|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...|
-