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re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off.
Friday, January 7, 2005 at 5:51 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Baksai
(1 messages posted)
The option Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop was selected in my system
but it would not have the expected effect because I had Active desktop content. When
I removed a web page that I had on my desktop, then the icon labels got transparent.
Thanks Bill, now I understand what "logical" means for Microsoft: If a web page is
sitting ontop of your desktop wallpaper, why bother to have transparent icon labels
anyway ;-)
On Monday, September 27, 2004 at 10:11 pm, Lincoln wrote:
>When the text under the icons on your desktop are not transparent, there are two
>things to check. First open System from the Control Panel, select the Advanced tab,
>and press the Settings button under the Performance header. Make sure that on the
>Visual Effects tab, the option Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop is
>selected.
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>If this still doesn't do the trick, right-click the desktop, point to Arrange Icons
>By and make sure that Lock Web Items on Desktop is un-checked.
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