Can I make my desktop color transparent?

[Guest]

Can I make my desktop color transparent so the desktop icons don't have a
color whent they sit on top of my custom wallpaper? For instance, I have a
picture of my puppy as my wallpaper, but the desktop color is still blue,
hence the words beneath the icons still have a blue background. How can I
make it transparent so only the letters appear for the icons, not the blue
color? Thanks.

 

[Mike Hall]

Shaggy

You need to go to 'Performance' options in Control panel, and check the 'use
drop shadows for icons on the desktop'


Mike Hall

 

[Guest]

Control Panel/System/Advanced tab, click on performance settings. On the
Visual Settings tab, enable "use drop shadows....".

hth

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Desktop icons and icon labels may not display background transparency or the drop shadow effect in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305117


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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Can I make my desktop color transparent so the desktop icons don't have a
color whent they sit on top of my custom wallpaper? For instance, I have a
picture of my puppy as my wallpaper, but the desktop color is still blue,
hence the words beneath the icons still have a blue background. How can I
make it transparent so only the letters appear for the icons, not the blue
color? Thanks.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Can I make my desktop color transparent so the desktop icons don't have a
color whent they sit on top of my custom wallpaper? For instance, I have a
picture of my puppy as my wallpaper, but the desktop color is still blue,

You can make the background of the labels for the icons invisible at
Control Panel - System - Advanced - in Performance click Settings - and
in the panel (near bottom) check 'Use drop shadows under icon labels on
Desktop'