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re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?'
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 7:51 pm
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Posted by James Adams (2 messages posted)

Open the System applet in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and
click Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the "Use drop
shadows for icon labels on the desktop option", and click Ok.

Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:

1) System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>VisualEffects - check
"use drop shadows for icon labels".

2) Right-click on Desktop ->Arrange Icons by>Lock Web items must be
cleared.

3) If you have any web content on your desktop, transparency won't work.
To check for web content: Display Properties>Desktop>Customize
Desktop>Web - make sure all checkboxes are clear.

4) Wallpaper must be an image file, not html.

Written in response to:: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Victoria: Monday, June 30, 2003 at 12:48 pm)

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Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Victoria: Mon, Jun 30, 2003, 12:48 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Steve: Tue, Jul 1, 2003, 7:44 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Victoria: Tue, Jul 1, 2003, 2:39 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Steve: Tue, Jul 1, 2003, 3:40 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Victoria: Tue, Jul 1, 2003, 8:39 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Russell Lees: Fri, Feb 24, 2006, 11:29 am)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (James Adams: Tue, May 30, 2006, 7:48 pm)

re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (James Adams: Tue, May 30, 2006, 7:51 pm)

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