desktop icon text has no background color

kcooper225 · 30th March 2002

My desktop icon text has no color. When I go to desktop properties and change the background color for the text, it does not change. I need some background color for the text, so I can see it.

Rancher · 30th March 2002

select the "themes" tab! make a choice/apply to see. Now click on the "desktop" tab! Select a picture, browse if ness, click apply My Icon text is white so I select black under the color drop down window. Apply/ok

kcooper225 · 30th March 2002

This did not work. The icon text is white so I needed up with white text and a black backgroundbox. I want white text and a transparent box.

Rancher · 30th March 2002

Geez, there is no transparent text box! May someone that uses TweakXP has the solution

sled · 30th March 2002

Display properties; Appearance; Effects; Show shadow under menu.

Rancher · 30th March 2002

This doesn't make mine transparent, but then I'm using "classic" windows folders too

sled · 30th March 2002

Nope, have to use xp style.
I have used Invisible before XP.

kcooper225 · 30th March 2002

So far nothing has worked. I am working on a computer that came from a computer store where the text has no color boxes. The boxes are transparent. When you go to Display properties,background,and set a color from the color selector, nothing changes. You still have transparent boxes. When you go to apperrance,advanced,desktop and change it there, you still have transparent boxes, no color behind the text. Well I like the transparent boxes, so I want to do the opposite. I have the default blue boxes and want transparent. I do not want any color boxes behind the text and still can not find out how to do this. I am now determine to find out how you do this. I am an advanced user and do not like that I can not find out how to do this. I wonder if this is a registry setting that I have to change. The computer from the store is using an OEM version of Wnidows XP and I wonder if this is why they have these transparent text boxes.
The search goes on!

kcooper225 · 2nd April 2002

To use transparent text boxes for your desktop icons:
Go to the Control Panel
Go to Performance and Maintenance(category view)
Go to System
Go to the Advanced tab
Go to Performance/Setting
Add check to "Use drop shadow for icon lables on the desktop.

Thanks to FisHieMaN@aol.com

sled · 3rd April 2002

Glad you found it. Guess i was showing you the wrong shadow affect, sorry.

I carry this one step further on my machine. I like no text at all. This shows only the icon with no text under. Very clean look.

Rename the file by holding down the alt key and type 0160 and release key.

kcooper225 · 3rd April 2002

Thanks that was neat. Where did you find that code,0160

Do you know a way to change from the default white text to color text.

Keith

arkie · 5th April 2002

sled

I would like to remove the icon text.....
I tried "Rename the file by holding down the alt key and type 0160 and release key."

I'm not able to type when holding down the alt key?
What am I doing wrong?

sled · 5th April 2002

Kcooper; They are special characters.
there are some listed here.
http://www.ramsch.org/martin/uni/fmi-hp/iso8859-1.html

Some times they differ, for reasons I don't know.

The color box for text is greyed out for xp.
Did you try in Classic?

Arkie; The name doesn't change until your done typing.

edit: example
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/SdfFord/fox.jpg

Wow, oops that is a ME screenshot but it still applies to XP.
Let me know.

kcooper225 · 5th April 2002

I am having the same problem. I still have text showing.
I right click and select rename.
I delete the present text using delete or backspaceing.
I then hold down the ATL key and type 0160
I release the ATL key and hit enter.

OK Sled what am I doing wrong.
Keith

richmusick · 5th April 2002

I just tryed your last posted attempt and find it only works if I use the Num keypad to enter 0160 , not the other number keys?