Icon Backgrounds

[WVMontani]

I know this has been hashed over before, but this situation is a
little different.

I’m running Windows XP, Version 2002 with SP3. This is on my
employer’s computer.

I want the text under the desktop icons to be on a transparent
background instead of a solid background. I have done the following:

1. The “Use drop shadows” box under Control Panel / System / Advanced
Tab / Performance Section / Settings Button / Visual Effects is
checked. No other checkboxes are checked.

2. The "Lock Web items on desktop" under Desktop / Arrange Icons is
not checked.

3. Live Web content is disabled; all boxes under Display /
Properties / Desktop Tab / Customize Desktop / Web Tab are unchecked
and “My Home Page” has the “Make available offline” box unchecked.

4. My Desktop wallpaper is a BMP file that reside in the C:\Windows
directory.

Recently, the IT department pushed out a new desktop policy. I used
to be able to fix the icon labels problem just by going into the
registry and making a few small changes to the Explorer policies, but
not anymore. Something else has changed with the new policy.

So, what else would I need to change in the Registry to make the solid
background go away? I have full Administrator rights to my
workstation and I’m not afraid to go into the Registry and/or Policy
editor to make changes. I figure if I can identify what Registry keys
need to be changed and how, I can build a little .reg file that I will
run at startup.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

-WVMontani

 

[ju.c]

Try something here:

DESKTOP ICON TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND
===================================

Instructions:

1. Right-click on the desktop and, under "Arrange Icons By",
uncheck "Lock Web Items on Desktop".

2. Right-click on the desktop and select Properties. Select
the "Desktop" tab. Click the "Customize Desktop..." button.
Select the "Web" tab. Uncheck everything on this page.

3. Right-click the desktop's "My Computer" icon and select
Properties. Select the "Advanced" tab. Under "Performance",
click the "Settings" button. Scroll down and check the
"Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" box.

4. Apply, OK, OK.

You can use RegShot to see what changed in the registry.

Get ready to make changes,
run the first registry snapshot,
make the changes,
run second snapshot
compare and view.

RegShot 1.8.2 (Final Version) (Freeware)
Web: http://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/
Download 1: http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/regshot/regshot_1.8.2_src_bin.zip
Download 2: http://regshot.blog.googlepages.com/regshot_1.8.2_src_bin.zip
Download 3: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ooymmqh2mnz


Transparency 1.0 367 KB (Freeware)
Info: http://www.moonlight-software.com/freeware.htm
Download: http://www.moonlight-software.com/trans-free.exe
Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP

"Colors don't match? Use transparency to make your icon text
transparent on your desktop regardless of what wallpaper or
background color you use."


ju.c

 

[Cyberbilly]

Try something here:

DESKTOP ICON TRANSPARENT BACKGROUND
===================================

Instructions:

1. Right-click on the desktop and, under "Arrange Icons By",
   uncheck "Lock Web Items on Desktop".

2. Right-click on the desktop and select Properties. Select
   the "Desktop" tab. Click the "Customize Desktop..." button.
   Select the "Web" tab. Uncheck everything on this page.

3. Right-click the desktop's "My Computer" icon and select
   Properties. Select the "Advanced" tab. Under "Performance",
   click the "Settings" button. Scroll down and check the
   "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" box.

4. Apply, OK, OK.

As I said in my initial post, I've tried all that and it didn't work.
I need to know what additional registry or policy changes I need to
make.

-WVMontani

 

[Cyberbilly]

I know this has been hashed over before, but this situation is a
little different.

I’m running Windows XP, Version 2002 with SP3. This is on my
employer’s computer.

I want the text under the desktop icons to be on a transparent
background instead of a solid background.  I have done the following:

1. The “Use drop shadows” box under Control Panel / System / Advanced
Tab / Performance Section / Settings Button / Visual Effects is
checked.  No other checkboxes are checked.

2. The "Lock Web items on desktop" under Desktop / Arrange Icons is
not checked.

3. Live Web content is disabled; all boxes under Display /
Properties / Desktop Tab / Customize Desktop / Web Tab are unchecked
and “My Home Page” has the “Make available offline” box unchecked..

4. My Desktop wallpaper is a BMP file that reside in the C:\Windows
directory.

Recently, the IT department pushed out a new desktop policy.  I used
to be able to fix the icon labels problem just by going into the
registry and making a few small changes to the Explorer policies, but
not anymore.  Something else has changed with the new policy.

So, what else would I need to change in the Registry to make the solid
background go away?  I have full Administrator rights to my
workstation and I’m not afraid to go into the Registry and/or Policy
editor to make changes.  I figure if I can identify what Registry keys
need to be changed and how, I can build a little .reg file that I will
run at startup.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

-WVMontani

Anyone? Anyone?....Bueller?

-WVMontani