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« on: January 06, 2010, 11:46:38 PM »
Hi. :) I've looked everywhere for a working solution to removing the transparent boxes behind my desktop icons (shown in an image I'll upload for you, although I imagine you're all very aware of what I'm talking about). So, naturally. I've tried several suggestions such as dropping shadow, having an html image, replacing .dll files with recommended replacement downloads (not the safest of choices).

So, without any luck I'm here asking if anyone can recommend me a solution. I hate to ask, any suggestions are appreciated greatly.
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« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2010, 05:56:11 AM »
Remove the shortcut overlay: http://download.cnet.com/Vista-Shortcut-Overlay-Remover/3000-2072_4-10608910.html
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« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 06:11:14 AM »
What a very ugly desktop wallpaper that is!
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 06:18:04 AM »
Not what I was after, but thanks, Allan. :P

[edit] I'll still put it to use
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« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 06:21:42 AM »
I believe it will solve your problem - try it.
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« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 06:44:32 AM »
I tried it. It removed the shortcut arrow, however it hasn't removed the transparent box arounnd my icons.

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« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2010, 06:56:47 AM »
Sorry. Thought that might have been part of the overlay.
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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2010, 07:47:33 AM »
The original icons would probably need to be edited in a photo edit app to clean that out...
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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 08:46:13 AM »
Why does one need to remove transparent boxes?   ::)
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« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2010, 08:50:49 AM »
Well :P just looks abit crude having them there. It's not a big deal, I know. I've found turning the image size down to large instead of very large gets rid of the box, although the size isn't the same and since I don't tend to have many files on my desktop, I like having large images.
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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2010, 09:04:19 AM »
Have you tried another background ? ?  perhaps it will be less noticeable.
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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2010, 04:13:28 PM »
i was actually wondering the same thing..... i just kinda want the same thing. not box around the icon like the way the icons used to be in XP
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« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2010, 05:15:12 PM »
none of my icons have boxes around them...
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« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2010, 05:32:28 PM »
with mine not sure about the other guy but the transparent box only shows when the mouse hovers over the icon.... any icon
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« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2010, 05:39:43 PM »
like this icon here



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