Desktop Icon Text Background

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Jim Wood wrote:
> This is a bonehead question; I'm ashamed that I can't figure it out for
> myself. My wife's XP computer puts the text for desktop icons over the
> desktop scene (a photo). Her text is white directly over the photo. Looks
> sharp. My computer has black icon text over a colored 'box' that pokes
> through the photo. How can I change this?

Hi Jim

No worries. That setting is probably not where you'd expect to find it.

Right-click My Computer, click Properties, click on the Advanced tab and
click the Settings button under Performance. In the list of visual
effects, put a tick in the "Use dtop shadows for icon lables on the
desktop" checkbox.

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More Info:

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/defau [...] -us;305117

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Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
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Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] setup.mspx


"Jim Wood" <JimWood@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, JS,
>
> That did it all, right, but it took me from 'Windows Classic' theme to
> WinXP theme. I went back to Classic (makes my computer look less like a
> toy,
> I think), and the option held. So I'm fixed! Many thanks.
>
> Jim
>