Background color desktop items

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El nino

The background colors of my desktop items has changed (don't know why),
however in the past I didn't have a white or blue box as background
color.

Bascially I would like to restore the color to "transparent" but I
can't find this in the color scheme.

Does anyone know how to resolve this?

Thankx.
 
El said:
The background colors of my desktop items has changed (don't know
why), however in the past I didn't have a white or blue box as
background color.

Bascially I would like to restore the color to "transparent" but I
can't find this in the color scheme.
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Open the System applet in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and
click Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the "Use drop
shadows for icon labels on the desktop option", and click Ok.

Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:

1) System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>VisualEffects - check
"use drop shadows for icon labels".

2) Right-click on Desktop ->Arrange Icons by>Lock Web items must be
cleared.

3) If you have any web content on your desktop, transparency won't work.
To check for web content: Display Properties>Desktop>Customize
Desktop>Web - make sure all checkboxes are clear.

4) Wallpaper must be an image file, not html.

Malke
 
Malke said:
Open the System applet in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and
click Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the "Use drop
shadows for icon labels on the desktop option", and click Ok.

Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:

1) System PropertiesAdvancedPerformance SettingsVisualEffects - check
"use drop shadows for icon labels".

2) Right-click on Desktop -Arrange Icons byLock Web items must be
cleared.

3) If you have any web content on your desktop, transparency won't
work.
To check for web content: Display PropertiesDesktopCustomize
DesktopWeb - make sure all checkboxes are clear.

4) Wallpaper must be an image file, not html.

Malke
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Thanks a lot. Option 2 did solve the problem!!
 
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