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re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect:
Wednesday, April 2, 2003 at 8:34 pm
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Posted by Roberto Racca (1 messages posted)

I have another tip regarding this matter. Even after doing all the things suggested (not locking web desktop items and not having web items on the desktop in the first place) XP may "stick" to the non-transparent setting for desktop icon labels. I have been able to return to the transparent setting with drop shadows by first unchecking the "use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" box under System > Advanced > Performance Settings and then checking it again. This may scramble your desktop icons a little and you'll have to drag them back where you want them, but the transparent backdrop and drop shadows will be restored.

On Friday, February 1, 2002 at 6:24 pm, Shadow D. Wolf wrote:
>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:: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Shadow D. Wolf: Friday, February 1, 2002 at 6:24 pm)

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re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Tiguan: Monday, January 8, 2007 at 11:06 pm)

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If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Shadow D. Wolf: Fri, Feb 1, 2002, 6:24 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (JJ: Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 8:55 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (mualam: Thu, Jun 5, 2003, 12:32 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Bob: Thu, Oct 9, 2003, 4:06 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Derek Bain: Fri, Apr 1, 2005, 11:51 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Kenneth Iversen: Sun, Jul 21, 2002, 7:50 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Roberto Racca: Wed, Apr 2, 2003, 8:34 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Tiguan: Mon, Jan 8, 2007, 11:06 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Roger E. Lewandowski: Thu, May 15, 2003, 3:07 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (SaintSinner: Fri, May 23, 2003, 6:32 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Morpheus: Thu, Aug 7, 2003, 8:30 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (bliytz: Thu, Nov 20, 2003, 5:02 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (theTiger: Tue, Oct 31, 2006, 2:42 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Seleucia: Tue, Mar 11, 2008, 1:32 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (John: Mon, Sep 12, 2005, 6:09 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (rupert: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 5:02 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (rupert: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 5:21 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Jesh: Fri, Jun 22, 2007, 11:01 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (crazy Banana: Sat, May 6, 2006, 1:18 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Jon Outram: Tue, Mar 2, 2004, 3:00 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Martin Glass: Mon, May 17, 2004, 11:47 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Gian-Pa: Sun, Aug 1, 2004, 7:47 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Jonny: Sun, Nov 7, 2004, 1:42 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (anil: Tue, Nov 8, 2005, 3:49 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Alex: Sat, Nov 26, 2005, 2:03 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Alex: Sat, Nov 26, 2005, 2:17 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Dennis: Wed, Nov 30, 2005, 9:14 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (migs212: Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 1:24 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (migs212: Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 1:27 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (2re: Wed, Dec 20, 2006, 1:02 am)

This works!!!! (Mulder: Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 4:57 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Barrie smart: Fri, Jul 7, 2006, 5:00 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (anon: Mon, Feb 6, 2006, 9:24 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (J. Miller: Thu, Jan 19, 2006, 8:15 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Khalid: Sun, Sep 24, 2006, 4:43 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (DeBeast: Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 1:07 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Thur: Tue, Apr 26, 2005, 4:55 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Tasos: Tue, Jan 3, 2006, 6:05 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (DiGaHoLe: Tue, Jan 17, 2006, 7:55 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (John Snow: Mon, Feb 27, 2006, 2:13 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Brian: Fri, Mar 10, 2006, 7:47 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Adam Edmondson: Tue, Mar 21, 2006, 12:10 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Marshall Allen: Mon, Jul 17, 2006, 11:59 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Sean: Mon, Oct 30, 2006, 5:51 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Franck: Thu, May 24, 2007, 6:01 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Julio Alvarez: Sat, Jun 9, 2007, 10:40 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Trisha: Sun, Nov 18, 2007, 9:19 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (sooojaded: Tue, Jan 8, 2008, 4:55 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Jiramate: Sat, Feb 11, 2006, 1:23 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (bennettjc: Fri, Apr 14, 2006, 8:38 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Marshmallow: Mon, May 1, 2006, 1:01 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Paul: Mon, Jan 15, 2007, 8:04 am)

If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect (Karl: Fri, Oct 12, 2007, 5:20 pm)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect (BC: Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 12:08 am)

re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (llamaza: Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 9:49 am)

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