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On my Desktop, I would like the icons as they are,, but the names underneath not to have any color bars.. I.E. Clear...
Right now I am bouncing around using black, white, grey, blue etc and I cannot find the combination needed to have this 'clear banner' where the name would be under the icon itself.
any ideas??
Thanks
R-click the desktop and select properties.
Select the Appearance tab.
Click the Effects button.
Put a check in "Show Shadow under Menus"
I believe that is what I used.
ttodd,, Follow the instructions at the link below which will remove those color bars.
Remove icon border shadows on the desktop
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/boarders.php
Tufenuf
I have tryed this several times and it won't work for, please anymore help
canada5611, In addition to the instructions at the link I posted do the following:
Right click your Desktop, choose "Properties", under the "Desktop" tab click the "Customize Desktop" button, under the "Web" tab make sure that everything is unchecked, click OK/Apply/OK.
Tufenuf
The box at the bottom that says, "lock desktop items" is unchecked but the box above that has nothing in it. Still no transparency on the icon names
The problem is the black boxes behind the desktop icon names. I want them to be transparent with a picture set as the wall paper. Everything I have read on the forums of correcting this problem hasnt worked for me. So if there is any other ideas please help. Thanks
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/im...2008/06/24.jpg
Right-click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Performance, Settings button. Look for the desktop settings and scroll to the bottom---> Drop Shadows for Desktop Icons.
ive done it and everything else and it has not worked for me but thanks any other suggestions are appreciated
Go to KellysKorner, click on the I in the alphabet string and scroll down to Icons - Transparent. Make sure you've done everything suggested.
i really have done everything listed and suggested, and undone them and redone them. This is becoming really annoying does anyone else have any ideas to help? thanks
Try this ... Click Start | Run, type in cmd and press [Enter]. At the command prompt, type in:regsvr32 shimgvw.dlland press [Enter].
(Then typeexitand press [Enter] to close the command window).
Note: You may need to reboot after doing this.
Right-click on Desktop - "Arrange Icons by" and make sure 'Lock Web items' is UNchecked.
Transparancy doesn't work with .HTML files, make sure the background is not HTML
(So as already said) UNcheck ALL checkboxes in:
Control Panel - Display Properties - Desktop tab - Customize Desktop -
Web tab.
Have you installed any videocard drivers on that computer? It's just dawned on me, looking at that image, that it looks like a brand-new install of XP before all the chipset & video drivers have been added. (XP would normally have a clear image/pic of some sort.) Without video drivers, some graphics features are unuseable.
canada5611, Try going into Display Properties>Themes tab and change the current theme to something else the reboot your computer. Did you ever have any icon tweak type program installed as I recall some time ago someone else had a similar problem and it was caused by a third party icon tweaking program?
Tufenuf
SpywareDr- I tried what you had suggested and rebooted but still no luck
Igbpop- I have never installed a videocard driver i have had windows xp since I bought it a couple years ago, but the icons did use to be transparent for all my backgrounds, i just used that one in the picture to see the black boxes.
Tugenuf- I changed the theme from My theme modified to Windows XP and still no luck
I went back and checked all the things that work for everyone but me and they are all still how they are suppose to be. Thanks for the help please keep it coming if anyone has any other suggestions
canada5611, Go thru the links below. The third link is a thread which is 5 pages long but has many possible solutions.
Removing Box Behind Desktop Icon Text
http://www.onlinecomputertips.com/windows/wq57.html
Why Do My Icons Have a Background Color in Windows XP?
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...in-windows-xp/
Desktop Icon Text Background problem
http://forums.whatthetech.com/Deskto...em_t74545.html
Tufenuf
!!!!! Found the solution for my computer !!!!! thanks tufenuf on the last page of the third link I found the solution that worked for me.
Go into regedit. (Backup your registry of course)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\
Update these values:
"NoActiveDesktop" to "1"
"ForceActiveDesktopOn" to "0"
Exit regedit. Use task manager to restart explorer.exe or just reboot.
After this go to MyComputer/Properties/Advanced/Performance/adn then click on shadows.
Thanks everyoen for the help
canada5611, Glad to see that the problem is corrected and Thanks for posting back to let us know the solution you used.
Tufenuf
thank you for your post, it helped me to remove those color bars