I have a question about How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?:

A colleague is on computer at work with a limited account that does not allow me to access the control panel, or properties tab of 'my computer', nor does it allow me to regedit the explorer policies to change this. He recently installed "something" that disabled the "drop shadows" on his desktop and he wants them back ... Sigh. Is this stored in the registry? Where? Is there another way to manually re-enable drop shadows? Ta.

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http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips751.html







On Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 12:30 am, Josh wrote:

>I have a question about How 

>do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?:


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>A colleague is on computer at work with a limited account that does not allow me 

>to access the control panel, or properties tab of 'my computer', nor does it allow 

>me to regedit the explorer policies to change this.

>

>He recently installed "something" that disabled the "drop shadows" on his desktop 

>and he wants them back ... Sigh.

>

>Is this stored in the registry? Where? Is there another way to manually re-enable 

>drop shadows?

>

>Ta.

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A colleague is on computer at work with a limited account 

****that does not allow me to access the control panel, or properties tab of 'my 
computer'********

, nor does it allow me to regedit the explorer policies to change this. He recently 
installed "something" that disabled the "drop shadows" on his desktop and he wants 
them back ... Sigh. Is this stored in the registry? Where? Is there another way to 
manually re-enable drop shadows? Ta. 







On Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 1:21 am, Mark wrote:

>http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips751.html

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If allowed to download a small program, google for Iconoid which can do this plus fix the desktop icons in place.


On Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 2:20 am, Josh wrote:
>A colleague is on computer at work with a limited account
>
>****that does not allow me to access the control panel, or properties tab of 'my
>computer'********
>
>, nor does it allow me to regedit the explorer policies to change this. He recently
>installed "something" that disabled the "drop shadows" on his desktop and he wants
>them back ... Sigh. Is this stored in the registry? Where? Is there another way to
>manually re-enable drop shadows? Ta.
>
>
>

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Hm. Good, but not quite what I wanted. This is similar to the TransparentW/B prog that I use under W2K that gives the Desktop text a transparent background. What I really want is an alternative way to enable the built-in Windows XP "drop shadows". Thanks anyway. -Josh


On Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 9:41 am, olddoc wrote:
>If allowed to download a small program, google for Iconoid which can do this plus
>fix the desktop icons in place.
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