# .swf as desktop background question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-as-desktop-background-question/139699>\
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**Created:** [March 4, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-as-desktop-background-question/139699 "2005-03-04T20:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryanboost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@ryanboost](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ryanboost)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swf-as-desktop-background-question/139699/1 "2005-03-04T20:29:54Z")

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When you set a .swf as your desktop background…how do you make the square under the icons translucent as they are with a normal .jpg as your background?