Colour Box Under Icons

[Guest]

HELP!
I have a colour box under each icon with the display title. I can't seem to
remove this colour box and just have the text under icons....

These are the steps I already tried with no luck:

Gone to display pannel clicked appearance then advance and I only see other
icon colour box choices under desktop.

Under display properties the effects settings I tried with no luck

Went to my desktop and right clicked and under "Arrange Icons by" tried to
arrange icons with diffrent settings. Still no luck in removing the colour
boxes under the icons.

I would really appreciate how to solve this problem it's so annoying to me.

Highest regards ~
Jeffery

 

[Bob B]

Right click desktop and untick "lock icons on desktop"

Bob

 

[Guest]

I have tried Right click desktop and untick "lock icons on desktop" as stated
in my question. Infact I tried many combinations regarding "Arrange Icons By"
Your answere was tried again and did not work. Any other sugestions....
This is not an easy one.
Thank You!

 

[Malke]

I have tried Right click desktop and untick "lock icons on desktop" as
stated in my question. Infact I tried many combinations regarding "Arrange
Icons By"
Your answere was tried again and did not work. Any other sugestions....
This is not an easy one.

Open the System applet in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and click
Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the "Use drop shadows for icon
labels on the desktop option", and click Ok.

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

 

[Guest]

BRAVO! Malke you were right! Thank you so much! I spent so much time on this
trying to figure it out. (stress) Your message was clear and straight
forward to follow and it worked! Thank you! Thank you!

 

[Malke]

BRAVO! Malke you were right! Thank you so much! I spent so much time on
this
trying to figure it out. (stress) Your message was clear and straight
forward to follow and it worked! Thank you! Thank you!

Glad you got it sorted. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

Malke

 

[wvmontani]

Open the System applet in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and click
Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the "Use drop shadows for icon
labels on the desktop option", and click Ok.

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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Well, I have done all of that, and still have the same problem.

-CB