how do i put a box around the desktop icon name so the background doesn't show through?
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open control panel + system + advanced tab + click performance setting + visual effect tab + UNCHECKED drop shadow on labels icons ...
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Right click on Desktop ---> Click on "properties" --> Now select the background you want click "ok"
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Right click on any blank space on your desktop.  Go to "properties" and choose either "background" or "appearance".  Will show you how to change the background and font color.\n\nGood Luck
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Hi there...as I understand this it cannot be done with the HD or external drives until Leopard is released.  \n\nHere's a forum discussing about this too: http://forums.macnn.com/94/gui-customization/308380/how-i-lock-desktop-icons/
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Right click then click on arrange icons by then SHOW DESKTOP ITEMS. for further quiries mail me to itsme_shaggY@yahoo.co.in
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Right-Click anywhere on the desktop then select either Name, Type, Size or Modified depending on the order you want the icons to appear.\n\nTo keep the icons neat also select 'Align to Grid'.
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Open up your desired background file in IE or Firefox.\n\nRight click on the image.\n\nIn IE, you'll get a message that says\n"Set as Background" - clicking will set your desktop background image\n\nIn Firefox, you'll get a message that says:\n"Set as Desktop Background" - that will achieve the same purpose.
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You would use something such as the following:\n\n<body background="image.jpg">
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get stardock\nmakes an active desktop and you can add all kinds of stuff to the desktop, but when you go on the internet it will get covered, thats why there is one located on the taskbar.
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i have never seen this problem before - maybe you could be more detailed as to what it IS doing?\n\n//edit//\nafter seeing that picture, i believe i understand whats going on....play around with those dotted-line borders, and move them until you can see the taskbar window pane icons (the windows you have running and the windows you have up)\nbasically all that seems to have happened is that that specific part of the taskbar is being hidden due to the enlarged size of other parts (quick launch)\n\nif you still cant seem to get it, email me on superXero07@comcast.net, i should be able to help ya
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Right-click anywhere on a blank part of the desktop. A menu will pop up. Select PROPERTIES. Click the tab marked DESKTOP. Select the background you want from the scroll list, and click APPLY.
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for some questions this form of question and answer is unsuitable, a dialog would be more useful. ok anyway -\ntry the following (if not already done): right click on a free area on the desktop and select "arrange symbols" and then click "arrange automatically". this will place your desktop icons on a fix location. then try again to click on a icon - does it still disappear ?
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Right click on a clear spot on your desktop and choose properties. Then click the "desktop" tab. In the list below note which option is highlighted. If it is a screensaver program or "Internet Explorer Wallpaper" choose "None" from the top of the list and then select a background color from the right lower corner. Select apply, then OK and close the desktop properties. Reboot. It should work correctly now. If it doesn't, you may not have administrator priveleges. Also, you can have this occur if you have a different background chosen in the administrative profile, and then you are using a different profile. To correct this, reboot, hit f8 until you get the option to choose "Safe Mode", choose the "Administrator" account, then follow the directions above to set the administrator account desktop picture to a plain screen color. After rebooting you should be able to get rid of the problem and have your chosen desktop come up each time you boot up.
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There is an application called Desktopple you can try.  It's basically designed to hide cutter on your desktop.\n\nDesktopple:\nhttp://foggynoggin.com/desktopple
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right click from your desktop select Arrange Icons > and then uncheck the Auto arrange. Now u can move around !!
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Right click ur desktop > Arrange Icons > Show desktop icons :)\nAs simple as that??!
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right click on desktop\nchoose porperties\nfor xp:\non desktop tab, look in box under background: and choose none,\nchoose the color you like on the right\nfor win98:\nBackground tab, look in box and choose none,\ngo to appearance tab, and when desktop is in "item:" choose the color you like