re: Real Fix for this Problem! Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 9:19 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Graham (2 messages posted) Hi all I found a fix to this and seen this so here it is its so simple. Right click on your desktop. Click on "Arrange Icons By" and make sure "Lock Web Items on Desktop" is disabled. Written in response to: re: Real Fix for this Problem! (jojo: Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 4:38 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Patrick: Mon, May 31, 2004, 5:52 pm) re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (jazzman: Mon, May 31, 2004, 7:36 pm) re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Jason: Tue, Jul 6, 2004, 9:23 am) re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. 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