re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: Monday, May 17, 2004 at 11:47 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Martin Glass (1 messages posted) To make background transparent behind the text under your desktop icons you must not have any web items on your desktop. Right click on your desktop, click "Properties", select the "Desktop" tab, at the bottom left of this tab click on "Customize Desktop", this will open a new window called "Desktop Items", in this new window select the "Web" tab and make sure that there are no items checked in the "Web pages:" frame. 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) Responses to this message: re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Gian-Pa: Sunday, August 1, 2004 at 7:47 am) re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (J. Miller: Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 8:15 pm) re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (Khalid: Sunday, September 24, 2006 at 4:43 am) All messages in this thread [show all] 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: (David: Sat, Jan 3, 2009, 11:32 am) 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: (Charles: Wed, Jul 30, 2008, 8:23 pm) solved problem!! (matt: Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 11:29 am) 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 (Moose: Sat, Sep 13, 2008, 5:52 pm) re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (llamaza: Fri, Feb 29, 2008, 9:49 am) re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (TJ: Fri, Sep 26, 2008, 1:06 pm) re: If the ''use drop shadows for icon labels'' option has no effect: (David: Sat, Jan 3, 2009, 11:02 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