Desktop icon wording background

[BlindBartimaeus]

I just want the words not the little box for the words to go in

I know it is easy...I just forgot.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Right Click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Performance Settings button, Visual Effects tab, Check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop"

 

[BlindBartimaeus]

I am using win2k

I didn't see it there

 

[HN]

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-137

 

[BlindBartimaeus]

Thank you very much

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Ah, sorry, thought you were using WinXP. Glad you found a solution.

 

[sivart]

XP is the only Windows OS that does it natively. Just use a black / white background and the little box seems to go away

 

[corkyg]

Yeah - I use a solid background and then make the text background the same color and it is invisible.

This is supoosed to work in W2K:

Icon

 

[FlyingPenguin]

There is a hack to get transparent icon text in Win2K. It's listed in the link above that HN posted. I've used it myself and it does work.