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re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?'
Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at 6:38 pm
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Posted by gkissel (2 messages posted)

This was screwing me up too. This is what 'fixed' it for me.

In Windows XP it also requires having Control Panel -> Display Properties -> Desktop-tab 
-> Customize Desktop-button -> Web-tab -> "Lock desktop items" unchecked.


Control Panel -> System Properties -> Advanced-tab -> Settings-button in Performance-section 
-> "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" checked.








On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 6:59 pm, Max watts wrote:
>yeah i tried the mind beat, and microangelo, and the pysical setting in the system 
>properties dialog box, and NONE of it works!! and i REALLY hate icon backgrounds!! 
>any ideas?

Written in response to:: re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Max watts: Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 6:59 pm)

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re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Mike: Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 8:27 am)

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Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Cliff Lui: Sun, Dec 29, 2002, 9:26 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Yap: Sun, Dec 29, 2002, 5:31 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Ms. Eagle: Sun, Dec 29, 2002, 6:00 pm)

re: Mindbeat 2001 (Cliff Lui: Sun, Dec 29, 2002, 7:56 pm)

re: Mindbeat 2001 (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Dec 30, 2002, 12:20 am)

re: Mindbeat 2001 (plasticstars: Fri, Jan 24, 2003, 3:35 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Max watts: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 6:59 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (gkissel: Wed, Jan 28, 2004, 6:38 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Mike: Tue, Feb 8, 2005, 8:27 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (DMM: Mon, Feb 16, 2004, 1:27 pm)

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