Get rid drop shadow windows 7

No more double vision! Workaround In when I wrote the first article on this topic, there was a price to pay for this workaround. The above solution prevented me from having a desktop background picture or a slideshow. I had to use a solid color as my desktop background to get rid of the shadows.

I was willing to live without a background image on my desktop back then, as long as I could get rid of the shadows around the icon labels. Luckily, today you are not forced to use a solid color. You can use an image and not have the irritating drop shadows around your icon labels. After trying BOTH the steps above, if you are still seeing shadows around the icon labels, try this workaround. If you are using an image as a desktop background, change your background to a solid color.

Right-click the Windows 10 Start button and select Settings. In my example, I selected Seafoam teal. Hopefully there are no more drop shadows around your Windows 10 desktop icons. Thanks for reading my article. Visit ZubairAlexander. All rights reserved.

Try These Solutions. Thanks so much. I have been working on this for almost a month. After a year of using this computer with no problem, shadows started appearing everywhere… and they are PINK. Shadows around open boxes, blank boxes withing apps and open websites?

My own pdf files, when opened have all the text shadowed in pink, along with the separation lines… you name it PINK everywhere. I uninstalled it and bingo, back to normal…. Again, everything is shadowed…. It almost renders the computer unusable. I had already tried your Step 1 repeatedly, with varying success.

It reverts almost instantly. If you have ANY ideas I will try them. This is just about to drive me insane. I have struggled with these shadows seemingly forever, and it was thrilling to follow your instructions and get rid of them. But then a couple of hours later, I noticed they had reappeared. Not sure what I did to make them return. Best Home Security Systems.

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I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. In reply to deleted message. Hi Steve, We are glad that you have chosen Windows Method 1: I see that you have tried changing some settings in the Advanced System Settings, however if you have not tried the following steps you may try the same.

Method 2: If you have tried the above method, I would suggest you to try different background themes and check if it helps. Thank you. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Hi people! So far, I have not found a solution.

I have tried what people suggested. But nothing helps. The problem persists. In reply to Laserjones's post on September 1, In reply to A. User's post on July 30, How hard can it be? Simply change to a Solid color background and turn off the drop shadows for icon labels in the Advanced system settings. Sign out, sign back in. In reply to srfreeman's post on March 5, In reply to Laserjones's post on March 5,