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brad3314
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_ 		5. August 2007 @ 23:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i know it's not much but where is the settings to remove the black highlight around my desktop icons they've been like it for some time now and have looked everywhere for where to change it but i can't lol
hopeless i know

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jeffw224
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_ 		6. August 2007 @ 03:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is what I did in XP, although my background was blue originally.

Got to Start/Control Panel
Choose "System" (Performance and Maintenance if in Category View)
Choose "Advanced" tab under system screen
Under "performance" on the advanced tab click "Settings"
On that settings screen scroll down to "use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" and tick to enable. Press apply and OK.
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brad3314
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_ 		6. August 2007 @ 06:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah tried that and it didn't work
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brad3314
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_ 		7. August 2007 @ 17:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
must be hard question then
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sc0user
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_ 		8. August 2007 @ 18:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Try these go to Display Properties and click on Customize Desktop and Web. Make sure to uncheck the box in the ?Lock desktop items?. (For Vista).

Go to Display Properties, go to arrange icons, make sure to uncheck the box in the ?Lock desktop items?. (For XP).
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brad3314
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_ 		13. August 2007 @ 06:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no go there box was already unticked if i change the background colour in the settings the colour around the icons changes to if that helps
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Krazymale
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_ 		14. August 2007 @ 02:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just right click anywhere in your desktop & click on Properties then click on the Appearance-Advanced and change the color to dark blue (see the following Pic):
http://www.u11p.com/folder3/U11P_B4xsxIWAKP.jpg

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brad3314
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_ 		14. August 2007 @ 14:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have also tried that which works fine as long as you have no wall paper they just blend in but with a wallpaper any colour i choose just changes the colour of the box around the icons
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brad3314
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_ 		14. August 2007 @ 14:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i did type this in on google and it came up that it could be some sort of bug ????/
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jeffw224
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_ 		14. August 2007 @ 15:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I did not find anything about a bug, but I did find a thread that had one more possibility:
"You might have active desktop (web content on your desktop) enabled. For some reason enabling active desktop content in XP disables drop shadows.

to check, right click on the desktop and select properties. Select the 'Desktop' tab then click 'Customize Desktop'. Now select the 'Web' tab. This shows a list of all web content on your desktop. Uncheck all the boxes on this page. Click 'ok'. That should do it"

http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39256
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brad3314
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_ 		15. August 2007 @ 04:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you sir are a bloody legend thankyou !
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jeffw224
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_ 		15. August 2007 @ 06:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Amazing how a little thing like that can have so many procedures involved.
Good to hear it is finally resolved.
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