desktop icons

chun334 · newbie! Joined: Jan 21, 2007 Posts: 48

i seem to hav a coloured box around the text when i clicked on a icon on my desktop....how can i change it back to normal...??? pls help.... thx Sad

Jsy3k · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:24 am Post subject: Re: desktop icons

ddogt432 · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:41 am Post subject:

i think he means that his desktop color doesnt match his wallpaper so that the icon text is wrapped in the desktop color. i dont know what causes this as my icons usually appear to have transparent text background. but when i switched to a Dethklok bg with only the deth logo in a transparent bg, the desktop color showed through in the icon text boxes only. the only solution i could find was to try and match the desktop color to the "transparent" color of my new wallpaper.
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Lucifer · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:07 am Post subject:

1. Right click My Computer and click properties
2. Click Advance tab and Settings
3. Scroll down and tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop"
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chun334 · newbie! Joined: Jan 21, 2007 Posts: 48

Lucifer..i cant seem to find Advance tab and Settings can u help me more pls...sorry...

Lucifer · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject:

Ok, you can either right click My Computer\Properties or go Control Panel\System. Both ways lead to the same window - System Properties.

The first tab you'll see should be General and there will be other tabs beside it like Computer Name, Hardware, Automatic Updates etc. Look for Advanced and click it.

There will be three Setting buttons, just click the first one for Performance and you should see the Performance Options window. Under Visual Effects tab, click Custom and scroll down. Tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" and your desktop icons should now have transparent background.

Windows XP and 2000 have this function but i'm not sure about the rest. If you use other version of OS, that i can't help you.

If you want to change the color when selecting desktop icons, just right click anywhere on the desktop and click Properties. Under Display Properties, go Appearance tab\Advanced. Under items, click Desktop and choose Selected Items and you would be able to change the color. I don't think there is a way to make it transparent since this is the purpose of highlighting.
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chun334 · newbie! Joined: Jan 21, 2007 Posts: 48

thx alot!!! Very Happy

that really helped me alot ^^