Do Not Use Web Pages with Frames as Your Desktop Wallpaper

Last reviewed: October 1, 1997
Article ID: Q174548

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Windows 95

SUMMARY

Do not use a Web pages that contain frames as your desktop wallpaper. If you do, some desktop items may stop working. You may find that the Channel bar is removed from the desktop.

MORE INFORMATION

The Active Desktop cannot display desktop wallpaper with frames. Such pages are actually several separate pages, tied together with links. If a frame set is copied to a computer, it is not usable as wallpaper, even if all related pages are copied with it.

Additional query words: 4.00
Keywords : kbenv msiew95
Version : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: October 1, 1997
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