re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 10:07 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Don West (1 messages posted) I have read through everything here, and nothing is working for me. No matter what I do, the checkbox under the advanced for "use drop shadows for icon labels" always re-enables itself at each boot. I am trying to use Iconoid for custom icon texting colors. Works fine on my laptop, both with XP sp3, but the desktop, which has just received a new hdd and OS install refuses to keep the settings. Some of the registry tips posted do not even show in my registry, so I don't know if the poster was using server or a different sp. I also don't have a desktop tab under properties when right clicking the desktop. I tried sampling the XP tweak program, and even it reverts to the box being checked at start up. No known spyware or malware installed. It is a classic annoyance, the only way I can get the icons the way I want is to unchck the box every time. I'm still looking for a solution. Written in response to: re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (raghunandan: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 7:25 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. (sja: Tue, Jul 13, 2004, 8:35 am) re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. 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