I just changed my desktop, and the icons got like this(i mean the part of the icon name is not transparent..and it was before)..(OMG THIS IS SO NOOBISH)..how can i change iy to transparent?
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for all the portuguese users who are making fun of a image file named "Carla Sofia" it is a CD of some of my music and i named it randomly..

Go to the 'control panel' click on system, and under the advanced tab click on 'settings' under the performance label --> than scroll down the list and check the box beside "use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop"

hope this helps

That's checked...i've loaded another wallpaper and the same happens..

Do you have to enabled it each time you change a background then? There's a tool i saw when i was searching for you that said it can do it for you, so if you want the link just ask

edit: Here's the link... not tried it personally though

http://www.angelfire.com/empire/luxswallpaper/icontrans.html

is your active desktop on? because if it is, than this will cause the problem..

i found that info here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305117

Right click on the desktop and go to arrange icons by and make sure that 'lock items on desktop' is unchecked.

It might have happened because you set the wallpaper from the internet by right clicking on a picture.

It's because the image is from the web...i'll download the image and then it's fine..

It isnt fine...

did you go to the link i gave u?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305117

here is a quote from it: (do any of these things apply to you?)
"This problem may occur if you use desktop content that turns on the Active Desktop feature. For example, this problem may occur if you have a background item or desktop item that uses a transparent image or an animated GIF image, or if you set a Web page as the active desktop. This problem may also occur if you turn on the Lock Web Items on Desktop feature."

The site also gives you a solution to the problem. Try it ok? hope that it will help

It is definately related to having active desktop items enabled, because I reported the problem a while back, and realised active desktop is the problem.

I tried it...with other backgrounds..i changed the themes...i did everything..now i fucked up..

Guess what...the old trick worked :

RESTART ...thanks anyway guys..

monster.rat was right btw...:

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ght click on the desktop and go to arrange icons by and make sure that 'lock items on desktop' is unchecked.

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i tried that nothing happened...but the boot really worked

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Originally posted by Markus
monster.rat was right btw...:

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