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The Answer Is ..... Sunday, October 31, 2004 at 4:26 pm Posted by Yap (4094 messages posted) 1. Do not use *.gif as desktop background 2. Control Panel -> Display -> Desktop tab -> Customize -> Web tab -> Uncheck "Lock desktop items" [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at 7:01 pm Posted by Luis A (1 messages posted) Thank you! Finally something that actually worked... On Sunday, October 31, 2004 at 4:00 pm, Fabio R. V. wrote: >I have a question about How >do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?: > >Go to Start Menu --> Run --> regedit.exe (be careful when using this, if you >mess up with it you may need to re-install your Windows, please make a beackup of >the registry information before continuing) . > >Go to the falowing key: >[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] > >Find: "ListviewShadow", change it to 1 (double-click it and change), close regedit >Log-Off Windows and Log-On again or reboot it. > >Simple as that. > > OBS: It should work for Win 9x/ME/2000 also. [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