Related topics

Set desktop icon labels background transparent..
Mr. XP mrxp2...@nospam.yahoo.com microsoft public windowsxp basics  "Need to suppress underlining of desktop ICON labels" A. Control Panel > Folder Options > General tab. Under "click items as follows", place a mark next to "underline icon titles only when I point at them" and click "apply".

XP Desktop icon label font appearance
Kelly ke...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp customize Hi Sammy, Check your settings here: Start/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance/Settings/ Visual Effects/"Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop" Right click the desktop and select Arrange Icons. Towards the bottom of that list, uncheck "Lock

How can I make my desktop icon labels transparent?
Bill Schnakenberg wills...@frontiernet.net microsoft public windowsxp general john wrote: how do i change the background of the ICON LABEL'S on my desktop? The label color is determined by the desktop color. The label background is actually transparent and shows the desktop color through the desktop BG image,

desktop icon labels black
I also tried switching different schemes. Attached is a screen shot of my desktop. As you can see the Icon text is not showing except for the icon that has focus. Internet Explorer is missing the menu headings. Thanks, Kevin Control Panel-Display-Appearance. Change the item : Icon ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP

desktop icon label color
The DarkOne y...@somehost.somedomain alt windows95 I want to make the description labels below my desktop icons transparent (so the wallpaper shows through). How can I do that? Right-click on a grey part of the taskbar. Choose properties, and click on the check-box 'automatic hide' (second option).

Desktop icon label changes
Synapse Syndrome paradroid2...@NOSPAMhotmail.com alt os windows-xp "#!" <RootedYaNe...@Church.Last.Week> wrote in message news:b8b384$63q$1@pinah.connect. com.au... Is there any way of removing the lables from the desktop icons, so that you just see the Icon right click the icon, select rename.

desktop icon labels
Stuart Johnson stu...@stannsulyn.org.uk 24hoursupport helpdesk I would like to change the colour of the icon labels on my desktop (W98). At the moment they are either black or white depending on the colour of the chosen background. I have been to Control-Display-Appearance but although I can change the font the

Desktop Icon labels - outline fonts
Jim Johnson f...@grizedale.karoo.co.uk alt windows98 Can anyone tell me how to control the colours of the desktop icon labels.

Help - I shrunk directory and icon label fonts
The only way that I can find to make the icon lettering boxes translucent is to go back to these settings and tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop". I don't remember my icons having shadowing however. Is there another way to return the desktop icon labels to default translucent?

Desktop ICON labels missing
question: how do I change the background color of the labels of my desktop icons (Warp 4)? The default blue looks kind of bad on certain background pictures. +--->8 RMB on the desktop, select Properties, then the View tab. There's a button labeled "Bkgnd color...". ---Just above it is a checkbox labeled

Help - I shrunk directory and icon label fonts
&nbsp; Then all the user had to do was to set the icon label text color to contrast with the background.&nbsp; This gave the desktop a clean sudued look,&nbsp; &nbsp; I really am a happy little clam with this one exception:&nbsp; Can anyone tell me where to get a utility that sets the desktop icon label

Help! Desktop icon labels are missing
The setting for (use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop) under start/control panel/system/advanced/performance - feature doesn't work on my wifes desktop, but mine is just fine In other words, her icons have a colored box behind the font when she has a picture as wallpaper. When I switched her background

Help! Desktop icon labels are missing
Lots of other choices, including changing the font of icons, etc. darkrats Stuart Johnson wrote in message <3l6ress2hi1t4co40oddnkripjcq2h7...@4ax.com>... I would like to change the colour of the icon labels on my desktop (W98). At the moment they are either black or white depending on the colour of the chosen

Background color of desktop icon labels
It makes the background of icons transparent so your wall paper shows through without that annoying box around the icon words. "Frank Holland" <frankholl...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:rbci6to539e6b1dt5mtkcj44q2aakn3uno@4ax.com... Is it possible to set the desktop <label> background to transparent?

Desktop Icon labels - outline fonts
George A anonym...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public win2000 setup I changed my desktop appearnce to have a photograph as the 'wallpapaer' but my desktop icon labels, which are in a white font, have a blue background box for each label and looks very annoying as they overshaot the photo.

Desktop Icon Labels
Kelly ke...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp basics Hi Jethro, Start/Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance/Settings/ Visual Effects/"Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop" Right click the desktop and select Arrange Icons. Towards the bottom of that list, uncheck "Lock web items on the desktop.

Setting icon labels to transparent.
You can run the program by double click the icon. Each icon has name label. For Windows XP, orininally, labels do not have background. but somehow I change settings and the color background appears. I want to recover the setting to original transparent label background. But I don't know how should I do.

desktop icon labels
Choose Advanced>Performance Settings then make sure "Use Drop Shadows For Icon Labels On The Desktop" HTH, I hope this is a simple question fo y'all. Immeadiatly after install, the desktop icon *labels* appear have an attractive 3d appearance with a *transparent background*. Some time later ( ie sometime after

Transparent Desktop Icon Labels
DR Scott dsc...@remember.com microsoft public win95 general discussion S4ce installing Outlook 2k, the labels (names) under the desktop ICONS are missing. They will appear only if the ICON is clicked on, but when another ICON is selected, the label on the first one goes blank again. Any suggestions? --

Desktop Icon Labels.
(Or right-click the desktop and select properties.) Select the desktop tab, and use the drop-down menu bottom-right. I'm assuming you've got a colour at the moment (allbeit not the colour you want), if not, right-click the desktop, "arrange icons by"..., lock web items on desktop. HTH Tony.