Drop shadows for icon labels on desktop

[Guest Gregg Cattanach]

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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Gregg C.

[Guest Alan Edwards]

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

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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]

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?