Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Windows XP Desktop Transparent Annoyance
posted by Lars Hundebøl # 10:02 a.m.
Recently, after installing some new software, all my desktop icons in Windows XP was not transparent, but instead a standard blue colour background.
After googling around the Internet I found this solution:
1. Start regedit
2. Navigate to the following location:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
3. Set the DWORD "ForceActiveDesktopOn" to 0 (zero) - see image below.
If DWORD value is not present in the registry, then simply create a new DWORD value with the name "ForceActiveDesktopOn" and set this to 0 (zero).
4. Restart for changes to take affect.
If DWORD value is not present in the registry, then simply create a new DWORD value with the name "ForceActiveDesktopOn" and set this to 0 (zero).
4. Restart for changes to take affect.
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