re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. Monday, September 15, 2008 at 8:46 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Mudassar (1 messages posted) Thanks for sharing this worked for me 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. > >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. > > > > Written in response to: re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Lincoln: Monday, September 27, 2004 at 10:11 pm) Responses to this message: re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (JP2008: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 6:15 am) 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. (sja: Tue, Jul 13, 2004, 8:35 am) re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Daniel: Wed, Jan 11, 2006, 8:55 pm) re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. 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