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re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?'
Tuesday, November 2, 2004 at 5:04 am
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Posted by Geordie (1 messages posted)


Blarnoosti is one of many suggesting the same fix, unfortunately it doesn't work for me. The 'use drop shadows' is already checked and the 'lock web items' is unchecked. I switch them and apply, reset them and apply, no joy.


On Monday, October 11, 2004 at 6:19 pm, Blarnoosti wrote:
>This works:
>Go to control panel - double click system
>choose advanced tab
>Click on settings within the performance box
>Make sure 'use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop' is ticked.
>If not; tick and click apply, then ok and this should have reverted back,
>If not and the box was already ticked, try unticking it, apply, then ok and then
>restart the process over again
>
>Another thing to try: right click on the desktop go to arrange icons by and scroll
>down to 'lock web items on desktop' this should not be ticked.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>
>


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re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Blarnoosti: Monday, October 11, 2004 at 6:19 pm)

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