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Desktop icon lettering
Is there a way to stop XP from changing the lettering beneath icons
from black to white-with-shadow as soon as I put a .bmp on the desktop? It doesn`t seem to matter what size the picture is, whether it fills the whole screen or is small and centred, as mine is. I work with graphics and my desktop is a soft grey, so white lettering is not very clear. Also, can one _safely_ re-name all the "My" folders? Many thanks Kate |
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Desktop icon lettering
Kate écrivait ceci :
Is there a way to stop XP from changing the lettering beneath icons from black to white-with-shadow as soon as I put a .bmp on the desktop? It doesn`t seem to matter what size the picture is, whether it fills the whole screen or is small and centred, as mine is. I work with graphics and my desktop is a soft grey, so white lettering is not very clear. Also, can one _safely_ re-name all the "My" folders? Many thanks Kate 1/ Just change the desktop background color (yes, even if you don't see that color but your wallpaper...) to a light color (Right-click on the desktop, Properties item, then "desktop" tab), letters will revert to black. 2/ To remove the shadow, right-click on the "my computer" icon, then "Properties", then "advanced" tab, and click on the "parameters" button on the performance area. Here you'll find an option to remove the shadow. 3/ Yes, you can rename the "my" silly folders but you should better do a search an replace in the registry with a tool like Registrar (http://www.resplendence.com/), after that. Some keys use a "%systemRoot%" variable instead of the hard path as "c:\windows", so do a search and replace for these items too (but leave the variable !). If you don't do this second search, you will see names reverting to the default ones early or later. Or you can set and apply a strategy to your profile (right-click on the "my computer" icon, then "Manage"). -- michel |
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Desktop icon lettering
"MR" wrote in message ... Kate écrivait ceci : Is there a way to stop XP from changing the lettering beneath icons from black to white-with-shadow as soon as I put a .bmp on the desktop? It doesn`t seem to matter what size the picture is, whether it fills the whole screen or is small and centred, as mine is. I work with graphics and my desktop is a soft grey, so white lettering is not very clear. Also, can one _safely_ re-name all the "My" folders? Many thanks Kate 1/ Just change the desktop background color (yes, even if you don't see that color but your wallpaper...) to a light color (Right-click on the desktop, Properties item, then "desktop" tab), letters will revert to black. 2/ To remove the shadow, right-click on the "my computer" icon, then "Properties", then "advanced" tab, and click on the "parameters" button on the performance area. Here you'll find an option to remove the shadow. 3/ Yes, you can rename the "my" silly folders but you should better do a search an replace in the registry with a tool like Registrar (http://www.resplendence.com/), after that. Some keys use a "%systemRoot%" variable instead of the hard path as "c:\windows", so do a search and replace for these items too (but leave the variable !). If you don't do this second search, you will see names reverting to the default ones early or later. Or you can set and apply a strategy to your profile (right-click on the "my computer" icon, then "Manage"). -- michel Thanks for that, Michel. Your first suggestion was not really an option, unfortunately, as my desktop colour is visible (the `wallpaper` is, in fact, just a small picture in the middle of the screen). However, after I had removed the shadow, the lettering had changed back to black, although the desktop had defaulted to XP style and I had to reset the appearance all over again (I prefer the Windows Classic style with my own inoffensive colours!). Regarding renaming the "my" folders, perhaps I will put up with them for a while, as my computer is only a few weeks old and I would rather not edit the Registry in case I make a mess of it and get told off by my Computer Engineer! I did click "Manage" to try applying a strategy to my profile, which was your alternative suggestion, but didn`t know which option to chose! Could you tell me which one, please? Many thanks Kate |
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Desktop icon lettering
Kate écrivait ceci :
Regarding renaming the "my" folders, perhaps I will put up with them for a while, as my computer is only a few weeks old and I would rather not edit the Registry in case I make a mess of it and get told off by my Computer Engineer! I did click "Manage" to try applying a strategy to my profile, which was your alternative suggestion, but didn`t know which option to chose! Could you tell me which one, please? Sorry I can't retrieve the appropriate information... Pehaps did I made a mistake here ?! Overwhere using the search and replace function from Registrar is very easy. You shoud be able to redirect what you want in less than 10 minutes. If you are wrong you just will see defaults foder recreated sometimes, so you'll know there is a "fault" somewhere ;-) Just do again a search in the registry. About the registry some variables must be understood : %systemRoot% (point to the Windows folder), %UserProfile% (point to your profile folder), some others very easy to understand yhat you will find in the serach result list from registrar if you do a search about the string "\My documents" -- michel |
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