Re: Desktop issue

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Shenan Stanley wrote:
Rick wrote:
this is a question that I should know the answer too but, I have not
been able to solve it yet. The shortcut labels are in rectangular
boxes. I would like to change them so that the name the shortcut
is no in a colored box. I looked at properties of my computer but
that did not help. The OS os Win XP Pro SP3.

Alan Edwards wrote:
Do you want them to be transparent?

Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:

1.Control Panel-System-Advanced-Performance Settings.
Check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" on the
Visual Effects tab.

2.Right-click on Desktop - "Arrange Icons by" and ensure Lock Web
items is cleared.

3.Transparency will not work if you have web content on your
desktop, Control Panel - Display Properties - Desktop tab -
Customize Desktop - Web tab. Clear all check boxes.

4. Ensure the Wallpaper is an image file not HTML.

Rick wrote:
Thanks to all. I found that the icons were locked. I had gone
through all the steps suggested above but, they did not work,
probably because they were locked no all is back to "normal".

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Thus - the first thing you do from the link I sent... ;-)

http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/boarders.php

Rick wrote:
Actually I had already done everything the above link showed but,
to no avail. It was not until I right clicked the the GUI and went
to properties and then Desktop and customize desktop then web and
unchecked lock desktop items, in any event thanks.

*grin*

The web page instructions I gave :
"This border on desktop icons can be created when the desktop items have been locked, to unlock the desktop web items right click on an empty area of your desktop. Now select Arrange icons by and uncheck 'Lock web items on desktop' if it has a little tick next to it."

And what you said :

"right clicked the <background> and went to properties and then Desktop and customize desktop then web and unchecked lock desktop items"

Those toggle the same thing. Try it yourself.

You can do it the way the web page says, and the checkbox will be on/off dependent on what you did for the other way to see the setting. Vice versa, same. Same toggle switch. There's probably another GUI way of doing it and probably a registry setting for it, etc.

If it did not work for you before, I think you must have either not had a check next to it when you did it the web page way (and thus turned it on) or moved at the last second when doing it the way the web page says (Arrange Icons --> Lock Web Items on desktop) and not clicked on it to uncheck it.

*shrug*

Glad you got it sorted.

You are right it was in your first post--I did not read it closely enough--Thanks
.

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