Okay, in regards to "How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?", there is another reason why your text on your icons may NOT be transparent:

TURN OFF THE ACTIVE DESKTOP. After a while of tinkering around with this, I realized that if you have active desktop turned on, it can force the background of your icon text to be opaque. To solve this, go to: Display Properties -> Desktop -> Customize Desktop -> Web tab, then UNCHECK everything, and uncheck "Lock desktop items"

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This is not always a working solution but thanks anyways.

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I just found out that if I had a .gif for the format, it would not work. As soon as I converted it to a .jpg, Voila!

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Transparent Icon text
I'm new to WinXP  and I'd like my Icon test (labels) on my desk top to have the little 
blue box back ground. Currently they don't have it so I am guessing the these are 
in "Transparent Icon Text" .  They come this way with Win XP whereas in Win 98 and 
ME they had the blue labels.  If that is what this thread is about then,  does any 
body know how to get the blue label format?  Or tell me what subject I should search 
for.

Thanks.







On Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 2:48 pm, Kris Loertscher wrote:

>I just found out that if I had a .gif for the format, it would not work.  As soon 

>as I converted it to a .jpg, Voila! 

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