changing appearance of desktop icons xp pro

[joek]

I run xp pro sp1 and the icons on the desktop have a text
description under the icon with a background color. How
can I change from a background color to transparent?

joek

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

If you have web items enabled on the desktop, you will get the background
color on your icons. To disable the background we items, go to the display
properties/desktop tab/"customize"/web tab, uncheck the entries listed here.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Alex Nichol]

I run xp pro sp1 and the icons on the desktop have a text
description under the icon with a background color. How
can I change from a background color to transparent?

Control Panel - System - Advanced - in Performance click Settings
In the panel in Visual effects, check 'Use drop shadows for icon labels
on Desktop', near the bottom