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re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Monday, September 24, 2001 at 3:59 am Posted by TonyW (174 messages posted) In Win 9x and W2K, I always had a small 25 Kb *.exe file in the start-up menu that performed this function, so it was there when I installed WinXP over a W2K installation. This only worked if Active Desktop was OFF. If this function is inbuilt into XP, I suggest you have now got your desktop set to Active? (The file concerned otherwise, is and should be found be doing a search on ther net. If you have problems, e-mail me direct and I'll send it to you.) On Sunday, September 23, 2001 at 2:25 pm, Mel wrote: >when i first installed XP Pro, the text labels (not the actual text) of the desktop >icons were transparent, so it blended in with the wallpaper. now for some reason, >that feature is turned off. i've looked everywhere and i cannot find the option >to set it back to transparent. can anyone help me? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Its built in..... Monday, September 24, 2001 at 4:14 am Posted by Blitz (76 messages posted) The function is built into XP, however I think its one of the effects enhancements. Check your display properties for these effects. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Monday, September 24, 2001 at 4:18 am Posted by Blitz (76 messages posted) Open your system properties, Advanced Tab; Performance. The option is in here, sounds like you disabled it by accident. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Monday, September 24, 2001 at 8:21 am Posted by Mel (2 messages posted) yes, i indeed had active desktop on and thank you, it worked like a charm!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 9:37 pm Posted by Ian Harrison (1 messages posted) you also have to turn off "Locked to desktop" On Monday, September 24, 2001 at 3:59 am, Tony Wise wrote: >In Win 9x and W2K, I always had a small 25 Kb *.exe file in the start-up menu that >performed this function, so it was there when I installed WinXP over a W2K installation. > This only worked if Active Desktop was OFF. > >If this function is inbuilt into XP, I suggest you have now got your desktop set >to Active? > >(The file concerned otherwise, is and should be found be doing >a search on ther net. If you have problems, e-mail me direct and I'll send it to >you.) > > > > >On Sunday, September 23, 2001 at 2:25 pm, Mel wrote: >when i first installed XP Pro, the text labels (not the actual text) of the desktop >icons were transparent, so it blended in with the wallpaper. now for some reason, >that feature is turned off. i've looked everywhere and i cannot find the option >to set it back to transparent. can anyone help me? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Tuesday, December 25, 2001 at 10:39 am Posted by Chris (1 messages posted) No! You're wrong! The problem here occurs,too. Just try to use a html page as desktop bg instead of the plain ol' pic! You'll see! cYa, Chris On Monday, September 24, 2001 at 4:18 am, Blitz wrote: >Open your system properties, Advanced Tab; Performance. The option is in here, sounds >like you disabled it by accident. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Thursday, October 17, 2002 at 11:32 pm Posted by vladimer (1 messages posted) As long as the image is first saved on thehard drive it should work fine.... On Tuesday, December 25, 2001 at 10:39 am, Chris wrote: >No! You're wrong! The problem here occurs,too. Just try to use a html page as desktop >bg instead of the plain ol' pic! You'll see! >cYa, Chris > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Sunday, October 20, 2002 at 12:13 am Posted by Joseph (1 messages posted) to return this transparent feature back on right click desktop, properties, desktop, customize desktop, web, and uncheck (lock desktop items)...... i too had trouble finding this feature, since i changed my performance display settings.................. and after playing around a bit found this to be precisly the solution..... for moe info email me at Pc_Cool0@hotmail.com On Sunday, September 23, 2001 at 2:25 pm, Mel wrote: >when i first installed XP Pro, the text labels (not the actual text) of the desktop >icons were transparent, so it blended in with the wallpaper. now for some reason, >that feature is turned off. i've looked everywhere and i cannot find the option >to set it back to transparent. can anyone help me? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Tuesday, October 29, 2002 at 2:35 pm Posted by mal (69 messages posted) Just to put you all straight. To get them u must hav a normal BG, not web page. Right click 'my computer' --> properties. Click on the advanced tab, and then click 'settings' button in performance box. Click so the circle 'adjust for best performance' is selected, then click OK, then OK again. They should now be transparent. You cant have transparent with web page. MS knows that this is a flaw in the OS. Adios. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 1:00 pm Posted by Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez (1 messages posted) Actually, you should probably select the "adjust for best APPEARANCE" radio button. Just FYI. On Tuesday, October 29, 2002 at 2:35 pm, Joe Bloggs wrote: >Just to put you all straight. > >To get them u must hav a normal BG, not web page. Right click 'my computer' --> properties. >Click on the advanced tab, and then click 'settings' button in performance box. Click >so the circle 'adjust for best performance' is selected, then click OK, then OK again. >They should now be transparent. You cant have transparent with web page. MS knows >that this is a flaw in the OS. Adios. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at 9:15 pm Posted by Jai (1 messages posted) In XP right click the desktop, goto arrange icons then under the different arrangements of icons, deselect "lock webitems onto desktop". That should do the trick. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 2:46 am Posted by Bruce Weinel (1 messages posted) Exksshuelly, he may have /wanted/ 'best performance' (not everyone runs Canterwood). All that's needed is to 1st tick 'best performance' and then (in the box below) tick 'Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop'. Bob's your uncle! On Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 1:00 pm, Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez wrote: >Actually, you should probably select the "adjust for best APPEARANCE" radio button. >Just FYI. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Friday, November 14, 2003 at 6:07 am Posted by Mitch Baum (1 messages posted) The quickest method to return the default display attributes is to right-click My Computer/Advanced Tab/Settings/select "Adjust for best appearance" radio button. This instantly resets the display to the initial conditions. It also will remove any destop themes or mouse pointers also. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Monday, January 17, 2005 at 11:23 am Posted by Igor (1 messages posted) This is one interesting bug. I've tried using active wallpaper (HTML based, with Flash animation). The Flash animation considerably slowed down any window dragged over it. Now that I disabled it, the icon text is not transparent, and icon shadows are not antialiased/alpha-blended. My display is set to "best-appearance" and "lock desktop items" is off. I tried disabling Active Desktop in the registry (for all users and my user specifically). That didn't do the trick. Active Desktop simply refuses to leave. I would appreciate any help. Igor P.S. I'm using Athlon XP 3200+ on nForce 2 Ultra, 1GB DDR, Radeon 9800 Pro On Sunday, September 23, 2001 at 2:25 pm, Mel wrote: >when i first installed XP Pro, the text labels (not the actual text) of the desktop >icons were transparent, so it blended in with the wallpaper. now for some reason, >that feature is turned off. i've looked everywhere and i cannot find the option >to set it back to transparent. can anyone help me? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Monday, May 23, 2005 at 10:27 pm Posted by darren (1 messages posted) if you can't find the active desktop setting, you need to go to group policy and see if it's enabled and if it is disable it and enable the one that says disable active desktop! thats how i got my icons back to transparent none of the other stuff posted on here worked! go to start then run and type gpedit.msc then hit ok to get to the group policy! Darren On Sunday, September 23, 2001 at 2:25 pm, Mel wrote: >when i first installed XP Pro, the text labels (not the actual text) of the desktop >icons were transparent, so it blended in with the wallpaper. now for some reason, >that feature is turned off. i've looked everywhere and i cannot find the option >to set it back to transparent. can anyone help me? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transparent Labels for Desktop Icons Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 6:36 pm Posted by chris (1 messages posted) Yea, this is the only method that worked for me too. However, the built-in wall paper like azul.jpg doesn't work. Haven't found a total solution yet... On Monday, May 23, 2005 at 10:27 pm, darren wrote: >if you can't find the active desktop setting, you need to go to group policy and >see if it's enabled and if it is disable it and enable the one that says disable >active desktop! thats how i got my icons back to transparent none of the other stuff >posted on here worked! go to start then run and type gpedit.msc then hit ok to get >to the group policy! Darren > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum