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Fix Windows Icon Label Text Letters

How to remove the colored box so that you just see the icon text letters when they show highlighted letters in a box.

Using Drop Shadows for Icon Labels in Windows. Making desktop icons text label backgrounds transparent is really very simple in Windows.

Steps for making Icon Text Transparent

1. Click Start > Control Panel.
2. Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
3. On the Advanced tab, click Settings under Performance.
4. Click to clear the Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop check box, click Apply, and then click OK two times.
5. Close Control Panel

OR

1. Click Start > Control Panel > System
2. Click on System Icon
3. Choose the "Advanced" tab, click "Settings" under "Performance"
4. Under the "Visual Effects" tab I Chose (checked) Use Drop Shadows for Icon Labels