Guest Gregg Cattanach Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 On one of my computers I can't make the drop shadows appear for the icons on the desktop. Regardless of how I choose that checkbox (Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance/Settings/Visual Effects/"Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop" ) the icon labels always just show with a regular font and a box of the desktop color (which doesn't look nice against the desktop picture). A minor complaint, but it would be nice if I could fix it. A registry tweak somewhere, perhaps? -- Gregg C.
Guest Alan Edwards Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Re: Drop shadows for icon labels on desktop Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds: 1.Control Panel-System-Advanced-Performance Settings. Check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" on the Visual Effects tab. 2.Right-click on Desktop - "Arrange Icons by" and ensure Lock Web items is cleared. 3.Transparency will not work if you have web content on your desktop, Control Panel - Display Properties - Desktop tab - Customize Desktop - Web tab. Clear all check boxes. 4. Ensure the Wallpaper is an image file not HTML. See: Desktop icons and icon labels may not display background transparency or the drop shadow effect in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305117 ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.htm On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:07:38 -0400, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Gregg Cattanach" <rl3166pls@excite.com> wrote: >On one of my computers I can't make the drop shadows appear for the icons on >the desktop. Regardless of how I choose that checkbox >(Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance/Settings/Visual Effects/"Use drop >shadows for icon labels on the Desktop" ) the icon labels always just show >with a regular font and a box of the desktop color (which doesn't look nice >against the desktop picture). > >A minor complaint, but it would be nice if I could fix it. A registry tweak >somewhere, perhaps?
Guest Gregg Cattanach Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: Drop shadows for icon labels on desktop Thanks so much! It was the 'Lock Web Items' switch that was causing the problem. Problem fixed :) Gregg Alan Edwards wrote: > Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds: > > 1.Control Panel-System-Advanced-Performance Settings. > Check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" on the Visual > Effects tab. > > 2.Right-click on Desktop - "Arrange Icons by" and ensure Lock Web > items is cleared. > > 3.Transparency will not work if you have web content on your desktop, > Control Panel - Display Properties - Desktop tab - Customize Desktop - > Web tab. Clear all check boxes. > > 4. Ensure the Wallpaper is an image file not HTML. > > See: > Desktop icons and icon labels may not display background transparency > or the drop shadow effect in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305117 > > ...Alan > >> On one of my computers I can't make the drop shadows appear for the >> icons on the desktop. Regardless of how I choose that checkbox >> (Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance/Settings/Visual >> Effects/"Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop" ) the icon >> labels always just show with a regular font and a box of the desktop >> color (which doesn't look nice against the desktop picture). >> >> A minor complaint, but it would be nice if I could fix it. A >> registry tweak somewhere, perhaps?
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