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arch13 · 11-13-2003, 11:26 PM

So in all these years it's never occured to me until today that i wanted the text on the Windows 2k desktop to not have little boxes of the same color as the color of the desktops scheme.
Now short of changing the sheme color everytime i change desktops, how can i make the boxes around the text below icons transparant so that there aren't any akward boxes around the text.
Please tell me this is easy and i've been staring at the answer and don't realize it.

cliche · 11-14-2003, 01:02 AM

There's at least one program you can download which will do this for you. I'll have a look.

http://www.angells.com/fun/ieskins/transparent/

http://www.sillysot.com/

Try one of those or google for more

arch13 · 11-14-2003, 01:16 AM

sigh, that's what i was afraid of.
I've downloaded the first program (the second looks like overkill for what i want), but i'm still hoping someone can tell me that there's a way for windows to do it.
Does XP do this by the way?

Jakejake · 11-14-2003, 05:46 AM

Yeah, XP does it. It even has tasteful shadows behind the text...

MontanaXVI · 11-14-2003, 06:47 AM

Jake mind telling us where this setting in XP is at? I did not know there was a setting to do what arch wanted I too would like to have the boxes removed, and at one time on my win98 box I had found a small program to do this on an old search engine www.webcrawler.com but god only knows what it was called.

Lasereth · 11-14-2003, 07:16 AM

I'm pretty sure it's the default setting in Windows XP. Go into the Visual Effects settings and check the box labelled "Use drop shadows for icons." That'll fix it right up!

-Lasereth

arch13 · 11-14-2003, 10:33 AM

But no windows 2000 i take it?

Lasereth · 11-14-2003, 12:31 PM

I don't think it's in Windows 2000 at all. Like the previous posters said, you'll probably have to find some sort of Windows modding program to do it in 2000.

-Lasereth

Snakebyt · 11-14-2003, 01:01 PM

i think you can do it in Tweak XP.. been a while since i have used 2000

since i got XP, i turn off all icons and get to everything i need from the start menu...

11-13-2003, 11:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
arch13 Loves my girl in thongs Location: North of Mexico, South of Canada	Desktop icon transparancy So in all these years it's never occured to me until today that i wanted the text on the Windows 2k desktop to not have little boxes of the same color as the color of the desktops scheme. Now short of changing the sheme color everytime i change desktops, how can i make the boxes around the text below icons transparant so that there aren't any akward boxes around the text. Please tell me this is easy and i've been staring at the answer and don't realize it. __________________ Seen on an employer evaluation: "The wheel is turning but the hamsters dead" ____________________________ Is arch13 really a porn diety ? find out after the film at 11. -Nanofever

11-14-2003, 01:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
cliche Rookie Location: Oxford, UK	There's at least one program you can download which will do this for you. I'll have a look. http://www.angells.com/fun/ieskins/transparent/ http://www.sillysot.com/ Try one of those or google for more __________________ I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)

11-14-2003, 01:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
arch13 Loves my girl in thongs Location: North of Mexico, South of Canada	sigh, that's what i was afraid of. I've downloaded the first program (the second looks like overkill for what i want), but i'm still hoping someone can tell me that there's a way for windows to do it. Does XP do this by the way? __________________ Seen on an employer evaluation: "The wheel is turning but the hamsters dead" ____________________________ Is arch13 really a porn diety ? find out after the film at 11. -Nanofever

11-14-2003, 06:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
MontanaXVI Junkie Location: Go A's!!!!	Jake mind telling us where this setting in XP is at? I did not know there was a setting to do what arch wanted I too would like to have the boxes removed, and at one time on my win98 box I had found a small program to do this on an old search engine www.webcrawler.com but god only knows what it was called. __________________ Spank you very much

11-14-2003, 07:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	I'm pretty sure it's the default setting in Windows XP. Go into the Visual Effects settings and check the box labelled "Use drop shadows for icons." That'll fix it right up! -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

11-14-2003, 05:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jakejake Crazy	Yeah, XP does it. It even has tasteful shadows behind the text...

11-14-2003, 10:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
arch13 Loves my girl in thongs Location: North of Mexico, South of Canada	But no windows 2000 i take it? __________________ Seen on an employer evaluation: "The wheel is turning but the hamsters dead" ____________________________ Is arch13 really a porn diety ? find out after the film at 11. -Nanofever

11-14-2003, 12:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	I don't think it's in Windows 2000 at all. Like the previous posters said, you'll probably have to find some sort of Windows modding program to do it in 2000. -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

11-14-2003, 01:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Snakebyt Psycho Location: Lubbock Texas	i think you can do it in Tweak XP.. been a while since i have used 2000 since i got XP, i turn off all icons and get to everything i need from the start menu...