Comments on: Make Desktop Icons Transparent

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:51:34 +0000

go to properties on icon and uncheck hidden.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:15:31 +0000

worked great, thanks!

By: Reza

Reza — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:08:56 +0000

It worked. Simple & easy 1-2-3 steps. Thanks alot.

By: madhu

madhu — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:33:14 +0000

i’ve done everything but my desktop icons are still translusent .can any 1 help this out?

By: shivam mittal

shivam mittal — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:49:00 +0000

Right click desktop>arrang e icon’s by->remove check mark on Lock Web Item On desk top..

if the problem not solved then

display properties(via desktop or control panel)->Desktop->customize Desktop->Under Web TAb Delete the extra address under web pages.

By: Doug C.

Doug C. — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:01:50 +0000

I recently found a nice photo on Flickr I wanted to use as the background image on my desktop. I copied the image and then pasted it in Photoshop and resized it to fit my desktop (1680×1050). After doing this I noticed there was still a background color behind my icon text. After spending all morning browsing Google and all the solutions offered (including the one here) I finally figured out what was wrong.

When saving the image in Photoshop I had used the “Save for Web” dialogue. Instead I saved the same image again only this time using “File>Save As” and picked “JPG” as the file type. Then I went to my desktop, right-clicked, chose Properties, Desktop tab, browsed to the saved image, and applied.

Viola! Transparent icons.

By: YA

YA — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:21:20 +0000

This “tip” is all over the Internet. Obviously, not working

By: Carl M. Barlow, Jr.

Carl M. Barlow, Jr. — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:25:49 +0000

I followed the steps posted by Martin, but my icon’s backgrounds are not transparent. Apparently Dave is having the same problem but it does not look like he got any help.
I have a Dell Dimension E510, MS Windows XP Hoome Service Pack 3 and IE 7.
If you need further information please e-mail me and I will respond as soon as possible.
Thanks.

Carl M. Barlow, Jr.
carlbarlow.jr@live.com

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:39:59 +0000

I tried to get rid of the color behind the icon text to make it transparent bu it did nothing. Help!!!

By: Womble

Womble — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:52:14 +0000

Here’s a related tip :

If your icons become corrupted, simply change the color depth temprorarily in display properties, apply then change back. This rebuilds the icon cache.