Icon backgrounds with active desktop - how to change?

I know that when you put an active desktop icon on to your desktop, it gives all your desktop icons a solid background color, making it look terrible against whatever your wallpaper may be.

Is there a way to have an active desktop but keep the transparent icons like normal?

 

And "Use drop shadows under icon labels" is unchecked in System Properties, Advanced, Performance -- Settings, Vistual Effects?

 

Yes. That was the first thing I did before posting this. See the pic.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3293/desktoppo9.jpg

 

Hello JPaterson000,

Check the "use drop shadows for icon lables ".

Regards - Charles

 

It looks like you are out of luck:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305117

But see ActiveIcons, freeware: http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_ai_b.html

 

Is the system uchecking that box on a reboot?

Regards - Charles