Make icon text background transparent

29 November 2001 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback Off
Instead of making your windows transparent, then it makes the icon text background on your desktop transparent. Very useful when not wanting to ruin a nice wallpaper.
If using Windows XP one doesn't require an utility:
  1. Open Control Panel -> System Properties -> Advanced-tab -> Settings-button in Performance-section -> Check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop".
  2. Open Control Panel -> Display Properties -> Desktop-tab -> Customize Desktop-button -> Web-tab -> Uncheck "Lock desktop items" (And also uncheck anything related to Web-content).
  3. If using a wallpaper on the desktop, then make sure it is bitmap (bmp) image and not using a html file as background.

Updated: 19 June 2008

Comments:

Comment by Satya - 9 October 2007 @ 18:19 Reply

You do not need any software to have your desktop icon text appear transperant…….
Be sure to follow all the four steps and it worked on my three computers.and hope it works for you tooo

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.

Comment by snakefoot - 9 October 2007 @ 18:58 Reply

Satya
You do not need any software to have your desktop icon text appear transperant…….

Thank you for the extra info, have updated the tip about not using a html file as background for the desktop.

Comment by AIMANSAAD EGYPT - 15 January 2008 @ 10:49 Reply

Make the background transparent for icons

Generally the background of icons is transparent by some way it turns into some colour this will not be nice to look at isnt it ??
So try these,

1)right click on the desktop>arrange icons by>lock web items on desktop (uncheck it)

If this does not solve ur problem then try

2)Go to Control Panel>System>Advanced>Performance area>Settings button>Visual Effects tab “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop”.(check it or tick on it)

this will solve the problem

Comment by Lonnie - 27 September 2008 @ 8:17 Reply

You were the 10th listing from Google that I tried, but you were the only one I tried that solved the problem. Thank you very much. The problem was under Desktop Properties, WEB. I will be coming here first next time. Great Job…..

Comment by sabiuddin - 26 January 2010 @ 11:59 Reply

thanks alot friends,

i solve my problem
by provided solution

Comment by jaynarayan - 10 February 2010 @ 13:03 Reply

i am trying to ur process but i can’t do dat.

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