Disable “Saving Desktop Configuration” at Shut Down in Windows XP

Disable the mode in Windows XP where it saves the desktop configuration while shutting down.

1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then
Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Policies
then Explorer

Double-click on NoSaveSettings if it exists. If it doesn’t, right-click on ADVANCED and Select

NEW–>DWORD VALUE and name it NoSaveSettings

Give it a value of 0 to disable this setting.
Give it a value of 1 to enable this setting