[T.Hunter]

i was fucking around with my desktop tryin to get rid of them damn backgrounds on the text fields on the icons. i totally fux0red my desktop.

i accidently deleted some of the themes that came with xp pro, including the theme "Windows XP" can somebody send me the first 10 themes off your pc?

i tried again to get rid of those damn icon backgorund shit thingys but this time i chose some option called "set as desktop item..." wtf is this? now i cant get rid of it.

lastly wtf is active desktop? and how in the hell can i get rid of those damn backgrounds in the text fields on my desktop icons


[img]http://www.fpscentral.com/uploads/fuckingdesktoppos.jpg[/img]

[Poseidon]

this is bloody anoying me now.... I had the same problem and fixed it - just cant remember what i did.

[DEVILS ADVOCATE]

the problem on the right is active desktop...just go into this

properties>desktop>customize desktop> web

then delete whatever might be in there.

for example...

[img]http://reichnation.com/uploads/active.jpg[/img]


and once you done that.....untick lock desktop items and the grey around icons will go.

[Miscguy]

Remove text from desktop icons

Tool: None

Right click on the icon whose title you want to remove and select Rename. Instead of entering any characters in the text box, hold down the ALT key and type 255 (ALT + 2 + 5 + 5). Note you need to use the NUMPAD numbers for this to work (i.e. the numbers to the right of your arrow keys, not the ones at the top of the keyboard). When you release the ALT key the title will be blank, and you can press ENTER to accept this (blank titles are usually denied under Windows, but not this way). For every other icon for which you wish to remove the title, do the same as above, but for each subsequent icon you'll have to add a '255' to the end of the string you enter. That is, to blank a second icon name, you'll need to hold down ALT and type 255 then 255 again, then release ALT. For a third, you'll have to type ALT 255 255 255, and so on.

Remove the box around desktop icon titles

Tools: System Properties

If you followed my first XP Guide, you would have removed most fancy visual effects for maximum performance. However, if you've applied the 'Remove text from desktop icons' tweak above, and you still see a faint box where the text was (and you're fussy about things like that), you can remove that box by doing the following:

1. Go to Control Panel>System>Advanced and click the Settings button under Performance.

2. Put a tick against the Visual Effects tab and tick 'Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop'. Click OK.

3. Check your desktop. The boxes should be gone, regardless of whether you removed the text or not. If they're still there, right click on the desktop, look under Arrange Icons By and make sure there's no tick against 'Lock Web Items on Desktop'.

This effect is a virtually insignificant drain on performance, so re-enabling it won't do any major harm if you want a cleaner looking desktop, particularly if you've removed icon text labels. However hardcore performance nuts should leave it off as suggested in my first XP Guide.


That should get the job down getting rid of the boxes... As for your theme fuck up. your on your own.

[Sgt. Paine]

make your desktop gray, he he

[T.Hunter]

[quote="DEVILS ADVOCATE":af532]the problem on the right is active desktop...just go into this

properties>desktop>customize desktop> web

then delete whatever might be in there.

for example...


and once you done that.....untick lock desktop items and the grey around icons will go.[/quote:af532]


Thank you it worked perfectly. thanks to everybody for replying