re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' Thursday, January 30, 2003 at 7:34 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Creagh (1 messages posted) Hi, I've tried all of the above but still can't get it to be transparent. Anyone got any other suggestions - not a problem with SP1 perhaps? On Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 5:53 am, Peter wrote: >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. > > > Written in response to: re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Peter: Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 5:53 am) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Seth: Monday, February 13, 2006 at 4:13 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] 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) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum