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re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?'
Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 5:53 am
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Posted by Peter (1 messages posted)

Hi, Make certain that you do *not* have "Lock desktop items" enabled. You can find this option by going to to Display Properties, then clicking on the "Desktop" tab and clicking the "Customize Desktop" button (below the list of wallpapers). A second dialogue will appear, and you will need to click the "Web" tab and uncheck "Lock desktop items." Now your icon text should be rendered with transparent backgrounds.

On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 5:19 am, Tim Dutton wrote:
>The background color changed on its own. I made sure that checkbox is checked, but
>it didn't work. I've seen this before, but it went away when I rebooted. This time
>it won't.

Written in response to:: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Tim Dutton: Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 5:19 am)

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Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Tim Dutton: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 5:19 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Stetson: Sat, Apr 27, 2002, 6:38 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Peter: Sun, May 19, 2002, 5:53 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Creagh: Thu, Jan 30, 2003, 7:34 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Seth: Mon, Feb 13, 2006, 4:13 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (stupidcomp: Wed, Jun 28, 2006, 10:08 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Faye: Fri, Jan 12, 2007, 6:31 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Paul: Wed, May 16, 2007, 6:35 am)

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