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by johnleonard

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I'm trying to configure Active Desktop for myself and other users to contain an 'intranet' page that replaces the desktop icons. I can get the page to be displayed in place of the desktop icons, the links work, but whenever a link is clicked it opens a new copy of internet explorer to show the new page. I would ideally like the desktop to update to show the new content.
I've had a good look through the usual sources but can't find any help...

any assistance would be appreciated.

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by kmalland

Not sure if this will help, but you might want to edit the following registry key:

HKeyCurrentUser/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/

Change AllowWindowReuse from 0 to 1

Let me know if this solves it.

by johnleonard

unfortunately, it didn't work. this reg key is already set to 1.
FYI - i'm running win2kpro.

thanks!

by johnleonard

unfortunately - nope. 0 doesn't work either. I've done loads of searches on technet and I've come to the conclusion that it just don't work - even external webpages spawn new copies of IE when links are clicked, but they stay in the same window if initiated in IE. perhaps Active desktop doesn't support continous updates, as it does try to cache pages when they are set as the desktop!

still... come those answers coming in! first one that works wins!

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