Kao, or anyone. windows wallpaper question.Follow

okay, there is probably a really easy fix for this problem, but i cant figure it out.

heres the deal... im using windows xp and i've pretty much been content to use "none" as my wallpaper. well, i'd kind of like to use a wall paper now, but the thing is, when i use it the picture shows, but there is an ugly, ugly blue box around the text of any desktop icons i have (the color of the "none" setting). is there anything i can do about this? i'd really like to use a wallpaper, but it just looks too damn ugly with those boxes around my desktop icons.

i suppose there isnt any way i can get it to take the color of whatever is would have been there if the icon didnt exist?

Uhhhh, lemme get this straight-- you are asking us about wallpaper, right? What, weren't you born with the right amount of Y chromosomes? And now you need interior decorating tips? I mean there's gay and there's gay. And that question is Christopher Lowell gay.

You need to get out and do some huntin' and fishin' and beer swillin' and less of that color coordination between plaids and stripes stuff, buddy.

Totem

thanks kaolian

kao = awesomeness

just to clarify my question. i still want my icons to show. i just want the background to the text to be transparent instead of a single color.

Try this:

Right click "My Computer"

Click on "Properties"

Go under the "Advanced" tab

In the "Performance" area click "Settings"

Make sure it's on the "Visual Effects" tab

Uncheck the box which reads: "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop"

Should be second to last.

Skeet

Actually, try checking that box, not un checking it. Just worked for me.

Check that box, then the box around your text should disappear.

Skeet

Try this:
http://www.zdnetindia.com/downloads/info/8561256.html

If that doesn't work i'll post the registry key when I find it.

Are your icons locked? If so, that automatically makes the background colored no matter what your settings are. If it's they are not locked, lock them, then uncheck the previously mentioned "shadow" box, then un-lock them, and re-check the "show shadows" box.

It's an issue with XP not recognizing your settings or something like that.

To lock them:

right click your desktop, go to properties, go to the "Desktop" tab, click on "Customize Desktop", go to the "Web" tab, click "Lock desktop items"

Then right click My computer, click properties, advanced tab, click on the settings, uncheck the "use drop shadows", apply, then right click your desktop, go to properties, go to the "Desktop" tab, click on "Customize Desktop", go to the "Web" tab, UN-click "Lock desktop items"

THEN....

Then right click My computer, click properties, advanced tab, click on the settings, check the "use drop shadows", apply.

Tada.. hopefully.

Skeet

w00t. it works. i had my icons locked. unlocked them (via properties on desktop) and boom. it works

thanks skeet

oh, and kao. the link is still dead, i even lowered my security settings to "low" (which basically says "invade my pc with crap, invade my pc with crap!" and this came up.

Not Found
The requested URL /CSsetup.exe was not found on this server.

anyways, it doesnt really matter anymore. w00t.

See, now these are the kinds of threads that warm my heart.
Do I hear birds chirping?

/sings Snow White-like

The thought of 16 year olds having sex makes me sad.

I didn't get any action 'till I was 19.

Skeet

18.



So it's true. Everything a guy says or does IS indirectly or directly related to getting laid!

Fascinating....

Edited, Sat Jan 3 23:11:25 2004 by Atomicflea