xp: set transparency on desktop icon text

One of my few post on windows (family computer…)… I tried to remove solid background color on desktop icon text to get transparency.

At first I followed this post: Desktop-icons-text-background-transparent

This partly did the trick. My full solution is below:

  • right-click on desktop / properties / desktop / customize desktop / web
  • uncheck all web-pages
  • check “lock desktop icons” or sthg like this (it was unchecked)
  • click on OK (nothing changed)
  • go back to this set-up screen and uncheck “lock desktop icons”
  • click on OK

It worked!
Now there’s full transparency on icon titles.

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