RE: Icons do not show alpha correctly

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Spunk-Monkey wrote:

Thank you!

Those were very good ideas, but unfortunately this didn't alleviate the
problem. It did bring me to the ui Performance Options (which I couldn't
find before) so I tried resetting her visual effects to each of the
presets. The changes went through, but at no time did they correct the
alpha problem.



"RajKohli" wrote:

1. Right-click on the Desktop and point to "Arrange Icons By" and uncheck
"Lock Web Items on Desktop".
2. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties
3. Click Advanced tab and click "Settings" button under "Performance".
4. Make a check mark on "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the
desktop."

"Spunk-Monkey" wrote:

Hello! When my wife logs into her account, her desktop shows all
icons without the correct alpha (all icons have an ugly solid color
behind all text
and in all places where icon pixels should be transparent). It really
looks
ugly, and I cannot find anything to correct it. Any ideas where to
change
this? Must be a user setting somewhere, since it doesn't affect other
users (as a video driver or display setting would, as those are
universal across
all user accounts). I almost have her converted from Mac to the PC;
this
makes the PC look less appealing for her... ;-) Any ideas to check or
try
are greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!

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
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