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| Guest | Desktop icon text shadow Is there anyway that the shadow under the text of desktop icons can be removed? -- Michael Chare |
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| Guest | Re: Desktop icon text shadow Open System Properties (Windows Key + Pause Break) > Advanced (tab) > click Settings under Performance > select the 'Visual Effects' tab and in the list of items, scroll down and uncheck 'User drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop' -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:NeSdnX4I4NyVqeHanZ2dnUVZ8taknZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > Is there anyway that the shadow under the text of desktop icons can be > removed? > > -- > Michael Chare |
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| Guest | Re: Desktop icon text shadow Andre, Thanks, that worked fine. Now I would like to be really fussy and have a white font. In right click desktop > Window Color and Appearance > ... classic appearance properties ..> Advanced> Item: Icon I can change the Icon font size,Bold/Italics But the color box is greyed out. Do you happen to know how I should change the color? Michael Chare "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%239u5SlaTIHA.5360@xxxxxx Quote: > Open System Properties (Windows Key + Pause Break) > Advanced (tab) > > click Settings under Performance > select the 'Visual Effects' tab and in > the list of items, scroll down and uncheck 'User drop shadows for icon > labels on the desktop' > -- > Andre > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com > My Vista Quickstart Guide: > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry > "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:NeSdnX4I4NyVqeHanZ2dnUVZ8taknZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: >> Is there anyway that the shadow under the text of desktop icons can be >> removed? >> >> -- >> Michael Chare > |
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| Guest | Re: Desktop icon text shadow But isn't the font labels already white on the desktop? Unfortunately its just the default bahaviour, you can't change the color at all. Take a look at this third party solution: http://4--all.com/howtos/how-to-chan...ont-color.html -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:hfudnSfiApneRuHanZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > Andre, > > Thanks, that worked fine. Now I would like to be really fussy and have a > white font. > > In right click desktop > Window Color and Appearance > ... classic > appearance properties ..> Advanced> Item: Icon > I can change the Icon font size,Bold/Italics > > But the color box is greyed out. > > Do you happen to know how I should change the color? > > Michael Chare > > > > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%239u5SlaTIHA.5360@xxxxxx Quote: >> Open System Properties (Windows Key + Pause Break) > Advanced (tab) > >> click Settings under Performance > select the 'Visual Effects' tab and in >> the list of items, scroll down and uncheck 'User drop shadows for icon >> labels on the desktop' >> -- >> Andre >> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com >> My Vista Quickstart Guide: >> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry >> "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:NeSdnX4I4NyVqeHanZ2dnUVZ8taknZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Is there anyway that the shadow under the text of desktop icons can be >>> removed? >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Chare >> > > |
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