Minor desktop display queston

[Guest]

Hi, this is a minor problem which I'd like settled just to be sure it isn't a
signal of something more important. Yesterday, for no apparent reason, the
appearance of the icons on my desktop changed. I noticed that their labels,
the small piece of text which is usually on a transparent background, had
turned white. I can still read the labels, but their appearance is unfamiliar
to me and I am concerned there may be a more important reason for this.
Thank you for your help.
(If I am in the wrong discussion group, could you suggest which one might be
the right one? Thanks.)

 

[Malke]

Hi, this is a minor problem which I'd like settled just to be sure it
isn't a signal of something more important. Yesterday, for no apparent
reason, the appearance of the icons on my desktop changed. I noticed
that their labels, the small piece of text which is usually on a
transparent background, had turned white. I can still read the labels,
but their appearance is unfamiliar to me and I am concerned there may
be a more important reason for this. Thank you for your help.
(If I am in the wrong discussion group, could you suggest which one
might be the right one? Thanks.)

The first thing to try since this was a sudden change is a System
Restore to when things worked.

Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

Otherwise, here are the requirements to have the transparency:

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.

 

[Haggis]

The first thing to try since this was a sudden change is a System
Restore to when things worked.

Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
"Restore my computer to an earlier time"

Otherwise, here are the requirements to have the transparency:

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.
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if its just the icons ..you may want to look at tweakui 's "repair icon"
function