Re: Desktop Icon Backgrounds

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From: Gary Smith (bitbucket_at_example.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:09:19 -0800

Keith <Keith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I've recently loaded Windows 2000 onto a new computer and the desktop icons
> all have a background color behind the text. How do I change this to be
> transparent? Or can I?

See here:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-137
or here:
http://www.sillysot.com/
or check out the entire Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=transparent+icon+background 

-- 
Gary L. Smith                gls432@yahoo.com
Columbus, Ohio

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