how to make what’s behind the desktop icon labels transparent?

The words under the desktop icons are highlighted in white, how do i fix this?

the words look as if i highlighted them with my mouse, leaving the words in white, & the background behind the words pale

i want to make the background behind the word’s transparent so the desktop background can be seen, instead of a black/blue/ or any other color

i’ve already tried checking & unchecking the shadows thing when you right click my computer, go to advanced, etc

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2 Comments for how to make what’s behind the desktop icon labels transparent?

1. nigelinoz | November 24th, 2010 at 10:04 pm

Transparent text under icons – Right click the Icon/Rename and type in: ALT+0160
2. AQuestionMark | November 24th, 2010 at 10:18 pm

Iconoid 3.09 can make your desktop icon backgrounds transparent and it can also
- hide your desktop icons when your cursor is not on the desktop so that you can see your desktop wallpaper,
- save and restore icon positions and Hide windows quickly
- it is free too and can be download at http://www.sillysot.com/iconoid.zip

After installation, turn off “view my active desktop as a web page” or the active desktop feature in Display, Control Panel. Start Iconoid, color tab will have the option to turn on transparent icon text background.
Hope this help.