To add elements to it, right-click again, and select Active Desktop, Customize my Desktop. The Display Properties dialog box appears. Poke through your Favorites list until you find a suitable Web site. It's now listed under the Web tab of the dialog box, and you can click OK to put it on your desktop. Tidying an Active Desktop Windows 98 doesn't pay much attention when it puts Web-based content on your Active Desktop.
Elements are often the wrong size, or in a place where they serve little or no use.
Move your mouse cursor over an area of Active Desktop content and a gray window frame will magically appear. To turn off an element, click the X at the top right. You can turn it back on by right-clicking the desktop, selecting Active Desktop, Customize my Desktop and placing a check mark beside the item you want to resurrect. Once you've configured your desktop to your liking, having applications hiding your icons can be a nuisance. To shrink everything onto the taskbar fast, you have two options.