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Problem with display of Windows desktop.
One or two files might be in use and cannot be deleted, work around them and get the rest. (Chip's site recommends this). 2. From Internet Options, delete temporary internet files, and check the box Delete Offline content. 3. Remove files, folders, and user icons from the desktop. Never store files, folders,

Desktop, Start menu settings for local users.
A bold rectangle appears around the title creating a text box. Type the new name and press ENTER. Press ESC to cancel. Some icons on the desktop cannot be renamed. F3 Opens the Find All Files dialog box. It is often easier to use the Windows Explorer to manipulate objects that are on the desktop and in My Computer.

Desktop Icons
Most icons on the desktop are either shortcuts, or can be dragged bact to an explorer frame and dropped into the folder. .... Many of the Linux servers were upgraded to "real" UNIX machines from Sun, HP, IBM, and DEC, but were often front-ended with Linux boxes which gave users a much friendlier interface and

Transparent Icons On Desktop
I have a graphic image for my wallpaper, and there is no "block" of color around the icon text; the picture shows through everywhere. If I choose lighter Desktop colors, the icon text is black, and the background for the text box is the color of the Desktop. If I choose darker Desktop colors, the icon text

Desktop out of control
(It isn't always fully possible because of natural relationships between objects, or the presence of some other modal thing such as a dialog box. But if we're just talking about two icons on a desktop, or one icon and a popped-up root window menu, why shouldn't clicking on an icon always select it, regardless of

Icon Background Transparency NOT transparent
To refresh, in some circumstances, the background of the icon and desktop text is the background color that is set in the Advanced options on the Appearance tab in Display Properties ie, you see little colored boxes around your icon text labels on the desktop. Previously reported solution: 1.

Distored/Missing icons on desktop/toolbar
When a person uninstalls an application, one needs to be in Control Panel and Remove/Add Programs, not just delete icons on the desktop. It is important to correctly uninstall. If I were you, read the side of the box of the new software to see if your computer is compatible or inquire at a local computer store.

Annoyance with Opening Folders
DOTorg comp sys apple2 I know this is a year old thead, but are you still around? I have MD v1.1 and never knew there was other versions out there? Just take out the old disk, insert the new one, then open the desktop icon for the old disk's volume name. The programs will search for the old 5.25 disk,

see through desktop icon boxes
What I have is a white box behind my labels under the icons on the desktop and an outline of white (with no shadow) around each icon on the desktop. I can go into Control Panel and How do I get rid of the Blue Box around the text underneath my desktop icons? Done it before but can't remember how.... doh! Thx.

Blaster.worm has f*ck*d up some machines - what can I do?
(a) R-Clk the Desktop, point to Active Desktop, & select Customize my Desktop. (b) Uncheck "View my Active Desktop as a WEB page" & Apply. Is there anything in the box under that item? Those are WEB sites that would appear on the Desktop. Delete them. (c) At the Effects tab, uncheck "Hide icons when the Desktop is

Desktop Icons - Boxes
This patch is available from http://www.hardware.pairnet.com/350fix until MS gets around to making it available on their WEB site. .... To arrange the icons on the Desktop, "right click" on the mouse in an open space in Desktop and then click on "Arrange Icons" selecting the type of arrangement that you prefer.

Display properties-Appearance
Does the system replace HKLM\Software\Classes with the contents of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, or the other way around? This has to be a solvable problem, .... If I close task manager, there are no icons on the desktop. Right-clicking shows no context menu, so I can't "Show desktop icons", "Arrange icons by", etc.

Desktop ????????
Once I had some code, which made the icons on my desktop transperant, so that there would not be a block of backgroundcolor around the icon's text. I'm talking about the Windows desktop here. The icons on it have a box of backgroundcolor behind their text, which messes up my o-so-beautiful background :-( I once

7.2 - no floppy or CD
It's ->something I've been screwing around with ever since 95 came out and now ->I'm about ready to give up on it before I go insane. So go ahead, herez ->your chance to be a real hero. -> ->Given a bunch of folder icons on the desktop, when I open one up, I like ->the window to be rectangular instead of square.

Icon into Timage (transparent) problem
I right clicked the desktop Active Desktop View as Web Page Played around with things (cant remember exactly what) Then Changed my mind and deselected View as Web Page. Problem is this: After Windows starts the Desktop is displayed as a web page, all my Icons have disappeared! So I right Click the Desktop View as

Separate E-Mail Accounts
I didn't even mess around with this when I was installing the "Space Consumption Analysis" command. With me so far? Here's where it gets a bit complicated. What's weird is that the My Documents and My Computer icons on the desktop and in the quick launch bar (the icons just to the right on the START button)

Lost Contact List
I looked around at sgi's online pubs and couldn't find anything other than how to minimize windows. Goody. I *can* do that! :) Anyway, any help I would mucho apprecio! thanks, shawn You could try using an iconbox. This puts all the minimized icons into a box rather than on the desktop. It's rather a while since I

Centerfold
As for your question, try these things to get transparency around the icon labels of icons on the desktop: 1) Right click on My Computer and select Properties. I was wondering if anyone knew how to change the icon boxes to where you can only see the words. I have a colored box around the name of the folder that

Icons on desktop....
JSouba LSo...@yahoo.com microsoft public windowsxp general Thanks, but neither solution had any effect on the white boxes around the icons. Lori "Nicholas" <mrxp2...@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message news:eyfu93$QDHA.2096@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... Right-click on your desktop and select: Properties > Desktop

Very weird Directory Name is Invalid errors
But if I try to drag an icon, either on the desktop, in a window or in Explorer, it won't budge. I can drag an open window all around the screen by its titlebar. And I can drag boxes inside Quark and other programs all over the damn place. It seems to be confined only to icons. What the hell have I done?