Icon Transparent Icons

Hiya folks!

I promise that I have tried everything in this forum, and this i
really frustrating me! I cant seem to get my desktop icons to have
transparent background! Here is what I tried:

1. Tried enabling and disabling Active Desktop.
2. Tried the drop shadow setting in performance settings window.
3. The image I have in the background is a jpg image.
4. When I try the default Windows XP theme, the icons are also no
appearing with transparent backgrounds.

I think something is wrong with some hidden settings but I cant seem t
figure it out!

Any advice? (I am comfortable working with registry and advance
features as long as a good step by step instructions are provided!)

Thank you

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Nepatsfan
Thu Apr 24 11:48:59 PDT 2008

"Odeh Naber" <Odeh.Naber.38dt7c@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hiya folks!
>
> I promise that I have tried everything in this forum, and this is
> really frustrating me! I cant seem to get my desktop icons to have a
> transparent background! Here is what I tried:
>
> 1. Tried enabling and disabling Active Desktop.
> 2. Tried the drop shadow setting in performance settings window.
> 3. The image I have in the background is a jpg image.
> 4. When I try the default Windows XP theme, the icons are also not
> appearing with transparent backgrounds.
>
> I think something is wrong with some hidden settings but I cant seem to
> figure it out!
>
> Any advice? (I am comfortable working with registry and advanced
> features as long as a good step by step instructions are provided!)
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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Right click on an open spot on your Desktop.
From the menu that pops out, look under "Arrange Icons By" and make sure "Lock
Web Items on Desktop" is not checked.
If it is, click on it to remove the check mark.

If that doesn't help, check out this response from MS-MVP Malke Routh to a
similar question.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/c1d05c124ba196f0

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Odeh
Fri Apr 25 00:20:21 PDT 2008


Hello! Thank you for advice!

I had already tried these and the suggestions from other post - forgo
to mention in my first post - but they didnt help.

I think it must be some setting hidden really deep in windows!

Thank you! Any other suggestions folks?

Thank you

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BP
Fri Apr 25 00:36:49 PDT 2008

This works for me....
Start =>Control Panel
System=>Advanced Tab
Performance=>Visual Effects
Uncheck (most)
EXCEPT (these 5 I leave checked)
Smooth edges of screen fonts
Smooth scroll list boxes
Use common tasks......
Use drop shadows.....
Use visual styles........
BP ó¿ó


"Odeh Naber" <Odeh.Naber.38dt7c@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
news:Odeh.Naber.38dt7c@DoNotSpam.com...
>
> Hiya folks!
>
> I promise that I have tried everything in this forum, and this is
> really frustrating me! I cant seem to get my desktop icons to have a
> transparent background! Here is what I tried:
>
> 1. Tried enabling and disabling Active Desktop.
> 2. Tried the drop shadow setting in performance settings window.
> 3. The image I have in the background is a jpg image.
> 4. When I try the default Windows XP theme, the icons are also not
> appearing with transparent backgrounds.
>
> I think something is wrong with some hidden settings but I cant seem to
> figure it out!
>
> Any advice? (I am comfortable working with registry and advanced
> features as long as a good step by step instructions are provided!)
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> --
> Odeh Naber
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