How to remove the desktop icon with shadow? Teach you to solve it easily (1)

"How do I get rid of the shadow of the desktop icon?" I am often asked by some newcomers to ask such a question. Sometimes it is the same problem, but it has to be asked several times by the same person. It feels really helpless.

People are always curious. In the process of using computers, novice children’s shoes always like to toss according to their own wishes, and sometimes they will toss out some minor problems, such as The desktop icon, after an accidental setting, becomes completely different. The desktop icon has a shadow, the desktop icon has a white background is one of them, then how to remove the desktop icon with a shadow?

Since it is caused by accidental settings or system default settings, it is natural to solve this problem by setting. First of all, let's first look at the difference between the two effects, as shown in Figure 1, Figure 2.
Figure 1 Desktop icon without shadow Figure 2 Desktop icon with shadow

Removing the desktop icon shadow is actually very simple. For the old bird, you can find the setting item with your eyes closed, but just play the computer. Not long after the novice, even if you tell him step by step, it is estimated that it is difficult to find where the setting is. Let's take a look at the situation under the win7 system as an example to see how to set it up.

First right click on the desktop "Computer" icon and select "Properties", as shown in Figure 3.

3 computer properties

Then, the pop-up dialog box, select the attribute "Advanced System Settings", as shown in FIG.

4 System Properties

down, in the System Properties window, select the "Advanced" tab, in fact, in the previous step has been selected "Advanced" The tab is gone, no need to do this step. Click "Settings" directly, as shown in Figure 5.
Fig. 5 System advanced settings
Then the last step is the most important step. After clicking “Settings”, you will enter the “Performance Options” dialog box and select the “Visual Effects” column. In the effect, find the "Use shadow on icon label on the desktop" option, as shown in Figure 6, remove the "√" in the front, click "OK" to complete.

6 Performance Options
above is achieved by setting the system, usually the computer can know a little tossing about where the problem is, we believe it is not difficult. If you still can't solve the above settings, you can also try the following operations.
You can solve the problem that the desktop icon of the computer has a shadow by modifying the registry.
Open the registry, you can use the run command to open the registry directly, "Start" - "Run" - "regedit", as shown in Figure 7. After

7 run to open the registry

Open the Registry, find find "HKEY_USERS" items , expand, find "S-1-5-21-1229272821-515967899-68200330-1000" (this different computer may have different key names) click to expand. As shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8 Open the registry
Find "software"--"Microsoft"--"CurrentVersion" -- "Explorer" -- "Advanced", open the "Advanced" option, find "in the right column" Two keys: ListviewShadow" and "ShowCompColor". As shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9 Find the two keys "ListviewShadow" and "ShowCompColor"

The next thing to do is to modify the values ​​of these two keys. Double-click the "ListviewShadow" button to pop up the key value dialog box, and change the value data "0" to "1" to confirm. As shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10 Modify the "ListviewShadow" key value

Double-click the "ShowCompColor" button to pop up the key value dialog box, change the value data "1" to "0", and confirm. As shown in Figure 11.

11 Modify "ShowCompColor" value

Exit the registry, restart the computer, you should be able to solve the problem.
Note: The Registry Editor is a place where the whole system is compared. Before you can fully understand the functions of the registry, don't change the key of the key in the registry to avoid system crash. Or other issues.
If the above method does not work, it may be because the computer is poisoned. It is recommended to perform a full-scale anti-virus on the computer.
For XP system, the setting steps are the same. You can also use the XP system to solve the corresponding problems according to the above steps.
The shadow of the desktop icon is a relatively simple problem, which can be solved under normal circumstances. If you want the desktop icon to have a shadow, you can follow the above steps to reverse the operation.
After encountering problems with desktop icons with shadows, you can easily solve them. There are many ways to solve problems, and you should not be impetuous!