blue background on desktop icon lettering

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Anyone know why I've now got little blue boxes behind the lettering on my
desktop icons? Is there a setting that can be adjusted to remove them? A
minor irritation...
 
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Anyone know why I've now got little blue boxes behind the lettering on my
desktop icons? Is there a setting that can be adjusted to remove them? A
minor irritation...
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1.Remove all Active desktop items :
-Right click Desktop
-Properties
-Desktop tab
-'Customize desktop' button
-Web tab
-Uncheck all items and click OK twice.

2. Uncheck Lock icons :
-Right click Desktop
-Point to Arrange icons by
-Uncheck "Lock web items"

3. Enable 'Use Drop shadows for icons' :
-Click Start > Run
-Type sysdm.cpl ,3
-Press Enter or Click OK
-Click the first "Settings" button (under Performance)
-Scroll down and tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels...."
-Click OK twice.

Good Luck, Ayush.
 
thanks ayush, worked a treat the 3rd option.

anyway to get to that menu without using the run command?

Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com said:
[alde]s message :
Anyone know why I've now got little blue boxes behind the lettering on my
desktop icons? Is there a setting that can be adjusted to remove them? A
minor irritation...
Click to expand...

1.Remove all Active desktop items :
-Right click Desktop
-Properties
-Desktop tab
-'Customize desktop' button
-Web tab
-Uncheck all items and click OK twice.

2. Uncheck Lock icons :
-Right click Desktop
-Point to Arrange icons by
-Uncheck "Lock web items"

3. Enable 'Use Drop shadows for icons' :
-Click Start > Run
-Type sysdm.cpl ,3
-Press Enter or Click OK
-Click the first "Settings" button (under Performance)
-Scroll down and tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels...."
-Click OK twice.

Good Luck, Ayush.
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