{"id":813,"date":"2010-08-19T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T08:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/JitendraZaa.com\/blog\/?p=813"},"modified":"2010-08-19T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T08:31:09","slug":"change-windows-xp-icons-background-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/microsoft\/change-windows-xp-icons-background-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Windows Xp Icon&#8217;s Background color to Transparent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been wondering why your XP desktop icons have a background color, you&#8217;ll be glad to know you can flip a checkbox and have them go back to a normal transparent background.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the two versions side by side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Windows-Desktop-Icon-With-Background.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-814 alignleft\" title=\"Windows Desktop Icon With Background\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Windows-Desktop-Icon-With-Background.png?resize=113%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Windows Desktop Icon With Background\" width=\"113\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Windows-Desktop-Icon-Without-Background.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-815     alignleft\" title=\"Windows Desktop Icon Without Background\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Windows-Desktop-Icon-Without-Background.png?resize=113%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Windows Desktop Icon Without Background\" width=\"113\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To set the transparent background on the icons, we&#8217;ll need to open System Properties in Control Panel (or right-click on My Computer and select Properties).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/My-Computer-Property.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-816\" title=\"Windows XP My Computer Property\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/My-Computer-Property-300x146.png?resize=300%2C146&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Windows XP My Computer Property\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>In this dialog, click the Advanced tab, and then the Settings button under the Performance section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Setting-to-remove-icon-background-color-in-Windows-XP.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-817\" title=\"Setting to remove icon background color in Windows XP\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Setting-to-remove-icon-background-color-in-Windows-XP-300x246.png?resize=300%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Setting to remove icon background color in Windows XP\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nCheck the option &#8220;Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Change Windows Xp Icon&#8217;s Background color<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"jz_research_post":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,17],"tags":[219],"class_list":["post-813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-tips","tag-windows-xp"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87,"url":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/others\/tips\/windows-7-theme-in-xp\/","url_meta":{"origin":813,"position":0},"title":"Windows 7 theme in XP","author":"Jitendra","date":"May 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"First, \u00a0download some of the themes you like to your Windows XP or Vista desktop. 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