restoring your desktop settings

my text has a blue reverse box behind it and i can't get rid of it

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i have a problem with my desktop text for shortcuts etc.
instead of just being white text with a shadow under it, there's
a blue box around the type. how do i change this back to default?

i tried changing the the theme back and forth between windows xp theme,
classic theme and my current theme and it's the same on any of them.
i know this is probably really basic stuff, but i figured someone
here could help me out!

thanks!
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Open System Properties in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and click Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop option, and click Ok.

See if that helps.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
thanks so much man!

i never realized that was there! after all these years.
this computer had no ram on it until recently and i guess it was configured
without any of those items to save on memory.

thanks!!!!!!!
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Glad I could help.