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Old 05-07-2003, 07:55 AM   #1
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XP Desktop Icons Question

On "Windows XP Pro." the desktop icons on one PC show the text with the desktop behind it. On another PC which also has XP Pro. shows the icons on the desktop, it's text is in front of a retanguler background. Does anyone know where the setting is to get the text on the icons not bordered?
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Old 05-07-2003, 08:15 AM   #2
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Wow thats weird. I thought the default now was to have transparent icons in XP. I did not think you could go back to the old ways of 9X and 2000.
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Old 05-07-2003, 08:47 AM   #3
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there is a way to change it, i just cant remember it right now
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Old 05-07-2003, 09:23 AM   #4
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Well thanks for trying....Does anyone remember how to do this right now?
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Old 05-07-2003, 09:53 AM   #5
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TRy this
http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/troub-04.html

Yep that did it. I toggled it back and forth and now it screwed up my taskbar. It reverted back to the Window XP theme but all my settings are for Classic mode. I can't figure out how to get my taskbar back to the Classic look. My start menu is set to classic and it does show up classic but the damn taskbar is now the XP theme. This pisses me off.

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Old 05-07-2003, 11:31 AM   #6
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aha, yea i remembered it when i went to change my page file size, and yes, its drop shadow

beat me to it
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That did it Squashman, thanks.
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