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re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?'
Monday, June 30, 2003 at 8:18 pm
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Posted by Steve (18676 messages posted)

Hey Morgan, I use that technique myself. I have even made invisible Icons so more wallpaper is seen.

On Monday, June 30, 2003 at 1:58 pm, Morgan wrote:
>I have an idea about How
>do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?:

If you go into
>the appearance heading under display properties, you can change the color on an item
>called "desktop". It only effects anything behind a wallpaper image. And since the
>text of an icon is basically a hole in the wallpaper, this color is the background
>color of the text. While transparency is out, you can force windows to match color
>using the custom color function. Good luck all
>
>

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Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Morgan: Monday, June 30, 2003 at 1:58 pm)

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Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Morgan: Mon, Jun 30, 2003, 1:58 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Steve: Mon, Jun 30, 2003, 8:18 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Morgan: Mon, Jun 30, 2003, 9:22 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Steve: Mon, Jun 30, 2003, 9:25 pm)

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