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How to enable desktop background options

I have a PC where the desktop background options are disabled. I have tried resetting the ActiveDesktop - AllowChangingWallpaper (something like that) to no avail. There is no security enabled on the machine, it is running BitDefender after a recent trojan attack. That is all I know at the moment, but nowhere can I find any way to enable the background options.

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bert [Entry]

"Microsoft has a Support Article on this problem here. There is 4 keys needed in the registry to enable/disable this functionality:


NoDispCPL
NoDispBackgroundPage
NoDispScrSavPage
NoDispSettingsPage


There is also two different registry keys that are affected:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System"
bert [Entry]

The active desktop options are available by right clicking the desktop, choosing properties (which brings up a Display Properties window), Desktop tab(you can set background color/image here), Customize Desktop... button, Web tab(I believe this is active desktop). If you could be more specific about "are disabled", is Customize Desktop button disabled/non existant ?