how to make the desktop icon background transparent
How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?
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Windows XPIf you’re using desktop wallpaper, you’ll still see a border around your icon captions the same color as your solid background.
Here’s how to remove that border so that the text looks like it’s written right on your wallpaper:
Windows XP
- Open System Properties in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and click Settings in the Performance section.
Turn on the Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop option, and click Ok. - You can also try MicroAngelo (v5.5 or later), which allows you to change the text color, configure custom icons, and change other aspects of Windows.
- Another utility of this type is WindowFX.
Windows 2000
- Obtain and install the Transparent utility.
- You can also try the "On Display" feature of MicroAngelo for lots of extra features.
Windows 95, 98, Me
- Obtain and install the Disappear utility (4 kb). You’ll need VB40032.DLL (381 kb) if you don’t already have it.
- You can also try the "On Display" feature of MicroAngelo for lots of extra features.
Note: in all versions of Windows, Microsoft provides no way to
change the color of the text under desktop icons, which can make it
very difficult to read in some circumstances.
In Windows XP, the text has a shadow underneath, but this only goes so
far.
To change the font, open Display Properties in Control Panel, choose
the Appearance tab (then click Advanced in Windows XP only), and choose Icon from the Item menu.
from: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-137
