Geforce4 440 GO 64MB w/ v67.66 drivers - Disabling Desktop Context Menu

[Guest JLamy]

As the topic says, is there a registry hack to disable the Desktop Context Menu (NVidia entry when you right click on desktop wallpaper) with the 67.66 drivers? I know the later drivers have a tick box within the NVidia control panel, but this version only has the Enable/Disable taskbar icon.

[Bill]

You can go here in the registry, all the easy to change (and instantanious) driver tweaks are here, can instantly turn things like OC page, and other pages, on/off

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak

(Go to start>run>regedit>go to the above place)

One tweak that might do it that I currently have listed is:

NvCplHideDesktopContextMenu REG_DWORD 00000001

If changing the value to 0 fixes it, then you have found the solution.

If that is the case, next time you install a driver, go look for "NvCplHideDesktopContextMenu" in the bottem of the desired INF, (use control+F to find it) and change the value to the right of it.

Just make sure your paying attention while editing the registry and you shouldn't brake anything.

I am not sure if that is the tweak or not, didn't do anything for me when I tried just now, but then again my drivers are broken and I need to re-install. (long story, I think XP is corrupting files again for my/It's amusement)

Edited December 21, 2005 by Bill

[Guest JLamy]

You can go here in the registry, all the easy to change (and instantanious) driver tweaks are here, can instantly turn things like OC page, and other pages, on/off

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak

(Go to start>run>regedit>go to the above place)

One tweak that might do it that I currently have listed is:

NvCplHideDesktopContextMenu REG_DWORD 00000001

If changing the value to 0 fixes it, then you have found the solution.

If that is the case, next time you install a driver, go look for "NvCplHideDesktopContextMenu" in the bottem of the desired INF, (use control+F to find it) and change the value to the right of it.

Just make sure your paying attention while editing the registry and you shouldn't brake anything.

I am not sure if that is the tweak or not, didn't do anything for me when I tried just now, but then again my drivers are broken and I need to re-install. (long story, I think XP is corrupting files again for my/It's amusement)

Thanks Bill - but that reg trick not do it for me either :) This driver install is on a fresh installation of Win XP. Any other ideas?

[Bill]

Pieter probably knows, as usual.

Till then you could try some other things in that place in the registry, change from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1, just pay attention to what you are doing.

If I get my drivers all fixed up I'll try some more things.

You could try using the search button, there might have been a topic with this info in it a while back.

When I see teh master on aim I'll ask of his knowledge. :) (I am still his young apprentice :) )

If you change something in there and it screws it up, just re-installing the same driver should restore the INF's default settings, or you could just look in the INF and then change the registry....

[mobilenvidia]

I havn't played with this at all, so not much use sorry :)