Dialogue boxes on the desktop

My dialogue boxes for the shortcuts on my desktop did not have any color in
their backgrounds -- they were transparant so that the wallpaper showed
through them....but somehow they now all have a dark blue color in them....so
I see distracting background colors behind all the text. This is awful....I
want them transparant again...what do I do?
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Julia

Hi Julia,

Go to the Control Panel/System/Advanced tab, click on performance settings.
On the Visual Effects tab, enable the line to "use drop shadows for icon
labels on the desktop".

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Julia" wrote in message
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My dialogue boxes for the shortcuts on my desktop did not have any color
in
their backgrounds -- they were transparant so that the wallpaper showed
through them....but somehow they now all have a dark blue color in
them....so
I see distracting background colors behind all the text. This is
awful....I
want them transparant again...what do I do?
--
Julia