Make Desktop Icons Invisible Trough Transparent Border?
Jan 27, 2010
I'm just wondering if there is a way to make the desktop icons not show trough the transparent top border of an application? I like my wallpaper to show through it, but not my icons.
I have an odd thing happening. Most my icons themselves have all gone transparent. I have a screenshot at [URL]. Before it happen, I had a virus warning. I closed what I was working on and ran Malware and Vast which found a couple things. I ran Malware a second time which then came back clean. I noticed that when I click on my computer that the list of shortcuts in the left column under favorites all my shortcuts under favorites are missing including Desktop, although it shows up on the field on the right side (transparent also). Most all my other icons are now completely transparent.
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Service Pack 1, 64 bit Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor, AMD64 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2 Processor Count: 4 RAM: 7935 Mb Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics, 384 Mb Hard Drives: C: Total - 715401 MB, Free - 569466 MB; Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC., M4A78T-E Antivirus: avast! Antivirus, Updated and Enabled
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