Transparent icon text background

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Terry Dillard

When my wife and I were configuring our new Dell, we
right-clicked on the desktop, then chose Properties, the
Desktop tab, then chose a color. That color now shows up
as the background that each icon's text sits on. Since we
use photographs for our backgrounds, we'd prefer to go
back to the transparent background that the text used to
sit on. I can find no way to do this, nor could Dell
support. I cannot to a System Restore, because it was not
turned on until AFTER I made this change.

Can anyone help? Thanks in advance. Would prefer e-mailed
replies, I'm not sure I can find my way to this board
again.

Terry Dillard
 
Hi Terry,
Two checkpoints to consider:

1) Right click on desktop and point to arrange icons by, uncheck "Lock web
items on desktop"

2) Right click on My Computer and select properties. Flip to the advanced
tab and clickon settings under Performance. Scroll down the list of visual
effects and check "Use drop shadows..."

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Terry Dillard said:
When my wife and I were configuring our new Dell, we
right-clicked on the desktop, then chose Properties, the
Desktop tab, then chose a color. That color now shows up
as the background that each icon's text sits on. Since we
use photographs for our backgrounds, we'd prefer to go
back to the transparent background that the text used to
sit on. I can find no way to do this, nor could Dell
support. I cannot to a System Restore, because it was not
turned on until AFTER I made this change.
Click to expand...

control panel \ system \ advanced \ performance settings \ check use
drop shadows.for icon labels on the desktop
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance. Would prefer e-mailed
replies, I'm not sure I can find my way to this board
again.
Click to expand...

Not a good idea to post your real email address in a newsgroup since
it will be picked up by spam-mail harvesting programs. And, no, I'm
sure you'll find your way back here.
 
1.. Open System in Control Panel.
2.. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.
3.. On the Visual Effects tab, click Custom.
4.. Select the check box for those items you want to turn on. Clear the check box for the items you want to turn off.
Note

a.. To open System, click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
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Turn on drop shadow on icons labels.
 
Tried this and it didn't work.

-----Original Message-----
1.. Open System in Control Panel.
2.. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.
3.. On the Visual Effects tab, click Custom.
4.. Select the check box for those items you want to
Click to expand...
turn on. Clear the check box for the items you want to
turn off.
Note

a.. To open System, click Start, click Control Panel,
Click to expand...
click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
 
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