Get rid of desktop icons background!!

Sillysod · 12-20-2005, 04:57 PM

Hi, this getting a bit annoying, but i cannot get rid the the desktop icons back colour to how it used to be, which was just the shadows of the text.

Like this -

Thanks for your help

Sillysod

**dragon2309** · 12-20-2005, 05:33 PM

not 100% sure what you want here but try this.....

Go to your desktop, right clikc - Properties - Desktop - Customize Desktop - then click RESTORE DEFAULTS. See if that puts em back to how they were.

dragon2309

Sillysod · 12-20-2005, 05:39 PM

Thank you dragon for your reply, but it just changed the colour to blue.

lethalforce · 12-20-2005, 09:17 PM

right click>Properties>Desktop>appearance>advanced>icons mess around in there

Jon Boy · 12-20-2005, 11:07 PM

Ok I cant be of help yet, but I have done that before, give me a day to find out lol.

Jon Boy · 12-20-2005, 11:17 PM

Ok sorry this is not too helpfull, but its soo long this text file (about 4 pages) and I can't be bothered to read it all. But basicaly somewhere on there it mentions how to change that setting.

http://www.bigfilez.com//download_fi...mate_guide.txt

It is a ***.txt file. And was a guide on how to increase your FR in computer games (when I had my crap computer) so it tells you how to lower loads of these odd settings and stuff, and somewhere it includes visual affects.

BTW EVERYONE NEVER DOWNLOAD THINGS FROM EXTERNAL SITES THEY MAY CONTAIN VIRUSES.

Mines safe but you can only take my word on that. Seeming as im a computer noob though doubt I could programme any keylogger let alone one that fits in a 21kb file lol.

TUMMYPONY86 · 12-21-2005, 12:51 AM

Right click My Computer and choose Properties/Advanced /Performance and check off " use drop shadows for icon labels on Desktop".

Sillysod · 12-23-2005, 04:54 PM

Thanks for your help guys - have got it fixed now! Windows restarted while i was playing FEAR and said a file was missing in windows and had to do a repair lol so its fixed!

Thanks again,

Sillysod

12-20-2005, 04:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sillysod Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: UK Age: 19 Posts: 91	Get rid of desktop icons background!! Hi, this getting a bit annoying, but i cannot get rid the the desktop icons back colour to how it used to be, which was just the shadows of the text. Like this - Thanks for your help Sillysod __________________ CPU - Athlon64 4200 X2 HS - Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro MoBo - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium RAM - Samsung 1GB (4X 256MB) PC3200 RAM HD - Samsumg Spinpoint 500GB HDD Graphics Card - Geforce 7800 GT PSU - Thermaltake 430 Watt TR2 PSU

12-20-2005, 05:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,430	not 100% sure what you want here but try this..... Go to your desktop, right clikc - Properties - Desktop - Customize Desktop - then click RESTORE DEFAULTS. See if that puts em back to how they were. dragon2309 __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

12-20-2005, 05:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sillysod Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: UK Age: 19 Posts: 91	Thank you dragon for your reply, but it just changed the colour to blue. __________________ CPU - Athlon64 4200 X2 HS - Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro MoBo - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium RAM - Samsung 1GB (4X 256MB) PC3200 RAM HD - Samsumg Spinpoint 500GB HDD Graphics Card - Geforce 7800 GT PSU - Thermaltake 430 Watt TR2 PSU

12-20-2005, 11:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jon Boy Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Age: 20 Posts: 705	Ok I cant be of help yet, but I have done that before, give me a day to find out lol. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W G0 Stepping Western Digital Caviar 320GB S300 16MB OCZ 4GB DDR2 800MHz DUAL CHANNEL GeForce 8800GTS 320MB "XT" ED OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP "3D Mark 03 - 31164" -- "3D Mark 05 - 14127" -- "3D Mark 06 - 10393"

12-20-2005, 11:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jon Boy Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Age: 20 Posts: 705	Ok sorry this is not too helpfull, but its soo long this text file (about 4 pages) and I can't be bothered to read it all. But basicaly somewhere on there it mentions how to change that setting. http://www.bigfilez.com//download_fi...mate_guide.txt It is a ***.txt file. And was a guide on how to increase your FR in computer games (when I had my crap computer) so it tells you how to lower loads of these odd settings and stuff, and somewhere it includes visual affects. BTW EVERYONE NEVER DOWNLOAD THINGS FROM EXTERNAL SITES THEY MAY CONTAIN VIRUSES. Mines safe but you can only take my word on that. Seeming as im a computer noob though doubt I could programme any keylogger let alone one that fits in a 21kb file lol. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W G0 Stepping Western Digital Caviar 320GB S300 16MB OCZ 4GB DDR2 800MHz DUAL CHANNEL GeForce 8800GTS 320MB "XT" ED OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP "3D Mark 03 - 31164" -- "3D Mark 05 - 14127" -- "3D Mark 06 - 10393"

12-20-2005, 09:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
lethalforce Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 382	right click>Properties>Desktop>appearance>advanced>icons mess around in there

12-21-2005, 12:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
TUMMYPONY86 Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 87	Right click My Computer and choose Properties/Advanced /Performance and check off " use drop shadows for icon labels on Desktop".

12-23-2005, 04:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sillysod Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: UK Age: 19 Posts: 91	Thanks for your help guys - have got it fixed now! Windows restarted while i was playing FEAR and said a file was missing in windows and had to do a repair lol so its fixed! Thanks again, Sillysod __________________ CPU - Athlon64 4200 X2 HS - Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro MoBo - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium RAM - Samsung 1GB (4X 256MB) PC3200 RAM HD - Samsumg Spinpoint 500GB HDD Graphics Card - Geforce 7800 GT PSU - Thermaltake 430 Watt TR2 PSU

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