Windows XP- Having Blue Background Color in Desktop Icons?


Windows XP- Having Blue Background Color in Desktop Icons?

Some Windows XP users might have the ‘trouble’ of having a blue background color in their desktop icons, making your desktop ‘ugly’!(as shown in the image above)
It can be easily ‘solved’ by doing the following simple steps!

  • Right-click My Computer icon on your desktop or Start Menu
  • Select Properties – Advanced – and click Settings(under Performance section)
  • Then under Visual Effects, choose Custom and just check “Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop”
  • Finally click OK! That’s all! The ‘Ugly’ blue background color will not be there anymore in the desktop icons!

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10 Responsesto “Windows XP- Having Blue Background Color in Desktop Icons?”

  1. richest indonesian says:
    May 20, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    ouw like that… thanks for the tips mate, :)

  2. Anonymous says:
    June 18, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    Thanks lots!!! My desktop looks great now.A very useful tip.

  3. phpproficient says:
    February 18, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    1. This problem is only caused when we have selected the option of “Lock Web Items on Desktop”. To turn it off, right click on the desktop and go to “Arrange Icons By” and uncheck the option of “Lock Web Items on Desktop”.

    2. This option should have solved your problem but if you just like to change the blue color and not turn it off, then right click on desktop.

    3. Click on Properties -> Appearance -> Advanced button. Now select “Desktop” from the Item drop down list and choose the desired color in the “color1” option.

    Update:

    found a working solution which is

    * Go to Display Properties -> Desktop tab -> Customize Desktop -> Web tab
    * Make sure that you have both the web pages listed below and the option Lock Desktop Items Unchecked.
    * OK and exit.

  4. Shafar@TipsBlogger says:
    February 20, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    @phpproficient
    Thanks for sharing the tips here.

  5. Sweety says:
    July 18, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    very nice .. owe u one :P

  6. Naresh says:
    October 27, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    this is not working for me.
    tell me another way……..!

  7. Shafar says:
    November 5, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    @Naresh
    Sorry to hear that. I don’t know whether there is any other solution for this. Try out on Google. Let me know if you find any alternative solution.

  8. Mitchael says:
    January 12, 2011 at 7:55 am

    Hi I’ve been trying to find a solution for days. Without your post I would still be wondering in the dark. THANK YOU!!

  9. Vishnu says:
    February 26, 2011 at 6:48 pm

    Thanks for the tip. This solved my problem.

  10. m.usman says:
    November 6, 2011 at 1:32 am

    thank you very much phpproficient for your king information. i was tired to fix this problem butt failed. your last option work for me.

    thanx

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