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Transparent Desktop Icons
I'm using an image as my wallpaper so ME is requiring that
I enable the Active Desktop. What I'm looking for is a way to have the background on my icons appear transparent. Any ideas? The shareware I've found won't work with Active Desktop enabled. Thanks |
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It would help if you were to tell us what you have already tried. See
also a recent thread in this NG started by Sean on this same topic about 10-14 days ago. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Chuck O wrote: I'm using an image as my wallpaper so ME is requiring that I enable the Active Desktop. What I'm looking for is a way to have the background on my icons appear transparent. Any ideas? The shareware I've found won't work with Active Desktop enabled. |
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Transparent Icon Names
You can avoid this problem in Me using transparent.exe from Transparent 4 (http://www.pobox.com/~jayguerette/transparent). -- Mike Maltby ---- Transparent v4.2 Freeware by Jay Guerette Released September 15, 1998 -- Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx In Memorium: Alex Nichol http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx Your cooperation is very appreciated. ------ "Mike M" wrote in message ... It would help if you were to tell us what you have already tried. See also a recent thread in this NG started by Sean on this same topic about 10-14 days ago. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Chuck O wrote: I'm using an image as my wallpaper so ME is requiring that I enable the Active Desktop. What I'm looking for is a way to have the background on my icons appear transparent. Any ideas? The shareware I've found won't work with Active Desktop enabled. |
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Jack that link is long since dead however as I mentioned in the previous
thread to which I referred the poster putting Guerette and transparent into Google throws up several hits including http://www.geocities.com/mangokun/tr...sparentgui.htm which appears to be free. The main purpose of my post though was to try and establish what applets the poster had already tried. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Jack E Martinelli wrote: Transparent Icon Names You can avoid this problem in Me using transparent.exe from Transparent 4 (http://www.pobox.com/~jayguerette/transparent). -- |
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That site doesn't exist anymore
Chuck -----Original Message----- Transparent Icon Names You can avoid this problem in Me using transparent.exe from Transparent 4 (http://www.pobox.com/~jayguerette/transparent). -- Mike Maltby ---- Transparent v4.2 Freeware by Jay Guerette Released September 15, 1998 -- Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...tect/default.a spx In Memorium: Alex Nichol http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...e/meetexperts/ nichol.mspx Your cooperation is very appreciated. ------ "Mike M" wrote in message ... It would help if you were to tell us what you have already tried. See also a recent thread in this NG started by Sean on this same topic about 10-14 days ago. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Chuck O wrote: I'm using an image as my wallpaper so ME is requiring that I enable the Active Desktop. What I'm looking for is a way to have the background on my icons appear transparent. Any ideas? The shareware I've found won't work with Active Desktop enabled. . |
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I searched on google and tried a number of different
shareware programs including disappear, trtext, wallmaster, and iconoid. None of these worked with Active Desktop enabled. I'm tryiong to use a picture for my wallpaper/background and ME says that Active Desktop needs to be enabled. Ohhh do I miss 95 sometimes and the system I purchased from HP came with XP without any CDs and now HP is trying to get me to buy XP again. Don't ever think of dealing with those poor rats anymore. -----Original Message----- Jack that link is long since dead however as I mentioned in the previous thread to which I referred the poster putting Guerette and transparent into Google throws up several hits including http://www.geocities.com/mangokun/tr...tgui/transpare ntgui.htm which appears to be free. The main purpose of my post though was to try and establish what applets the poster had already tried. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Jack E Martinelli wrote: Transparent Icon Names You can avoid this problem in Me using transparent.exe from Transparent 4 (http://www.pobox.com/~jayguerette/transparent). -- . |
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Chuck,
Could you please respond to my first message and then perhaps read my second. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Chuck Ott wrote: That site doesn't exist anymore |
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BMP images don't require active desktop to be enabled, only JPG images.
system I purchased from HP came with XP without any CDs and now HP is trying to get me to buy XP again. Don't ever think of dealing with those poor rats anymore. HP should have provided you the means to restore XP as I'm pretty sure this a condition of their contract as an OEM with Microsoft. This is normally for al but the smallest of OEMs either as a recovery CD or a hidden image on your hard drive that can be used to restore the operating system. Why you need to purchase another copy of XP unless you want to install it on another PC. Ohhh do I miss 95 sometimes I shudder at the thought. g As for returning to Win 95 that rather depends on what you want to do with your PC. For myself it would be hopeless with a maximum partition size of just 4GB using 64KB clusters and being unable to run most applications written in the last five or six years. :-) -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Chuck wrote: I searched on google and tried a number of different shareware programs including disappear, trtext, wallmaster, and iconoid. None of these worked with Active Desktop enabled. I'm tryiong to use a picture for my wallpaper/background and ME says that Active Desktop needs to be enabled. Ohhh do I miss 95 sometimes and the system I purchased from HP came with XP without any CDs and now HP is trying to get me to buy XP again. Don't ever think of dealing with those poor rats anymore. |
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I know....bmp's only display 256 colors and I'm trying to
display a picture of people. I got a copy of that freeware program mentioned earlier and it is working. -----Original Message----- BMP images don't require active desktop to be enabled, only JPG images. system I purchased from HP came with XP without any CDs and now HP is trying to get me to buy XP again. Don't ever think of dealing with those poor rats anymore. HP should have provided you the means to restore XP as I'm pretty sure this a condition of their contract as an OEM with Microsoft. This is normally for al but the smallest of OEMs either as a recovery CD or a hidden image on your hard drive that can be used to restore the operating system. Why you need to purchase another copy of XP unless you want to install it on another PC. Ohhh do I miss 95 sometimes I shudder at the thought. g As for returning to Win 95 that rather depends on what you want to do with your PC. For myself it would be hopeless with a maximum partition size of just 4GB using 64KB clusters and being unable to run most applications written in the last five or six years. :-) -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Chuck wrote: I searched on google and tried a number of different shareware programs including disappear, trtext, wallmaster, and iconoid. None of these worked with Active Desktop enabled. I'm tryiong to use a picture for my wallpaper/background and ME says that Active Desktop needs to be enabled. Ohhh do I miss 95 sometimes and the system I purchased from HP came with XP without any CDs and now HP is trying to get me to buy XP again. Don't ever think of dealing with those poor rats anymore. . |
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Also, HP shipped this system without any recovery CD.
They did this on a number of systems for awhile (2002/2003). Their answer was that they posted this on their tech support site and that I could have received one at no charge. Since I never went to their tech support site until recently, I was "past the time alloted" and would have to purchase one. They stated that HP still owns the operating system. I've mulled over legal action but since this would be a small claims case that I would easily win but have a hard time enforcing, I gave up and am buying a Dell system. I've also donated my HP printer to a charity and bought an Epson. This would make a great class action case! My goal in life now is to put HP out odf business. -----Original Message----- BMP images don't require active desktop to be enabled, only JPG images. system I purchased from HP came with XP without any CDs and now HP is trying to get me to buy XP again. Don't ever think of dealing with those poor rats anymore. HP should have provided you the means to restore XP as I'm pretty sure this a condition of their contract as an OEM with Microsoft. This is normally for al but the smallest of OEMs either as a recovery CD or a hidden image on your hard drive that can be used to restore the operating system. Why you need to purchase another copy of XP unless you want to install it on another PC. Ohhh do I miss 95 sometimes I shudder at the thought. g As for returning to Win 95 that rather depends on what you want to do with your PC. For myself it would be hopeless with a maximum partition size of just 4GB using 64KB clusters and being unable to run most applications written in the last five or six years. :-) -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Chuck wrote: I searched on google and tried a number of different shareware programs including disappear, trtext, wallmaster, and iconoid. None of these worked with Active Desktop enabled. I'm tryiong to use a picture for my wallpaper/background and ME says that Active Desktop needs to be enabled. Ohhh do I miss 95 sometimes and the system I purchased from HP came with XP without any CDs and now HP is trying to get me to buy XP again. Don't ever think of dealing with those poor rats anymore. . |
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