Need to customize desktop icon appearance in WinXP

[alegator]

Whenever I choose a picture as wallpaper in my WinXP desktop the description has a fixed color background as shown in the screenshot below:


How can I get rid of the green background so that the icon letters lay directly on top of the wallpaper in a transparent fashion? Thanks

[aedipuss]

the desktop setting is found by right clicking my computer/properties/advanced/performance/settings/visual effects - either select adjust for best appearance or at least make sure use translucent selection rectangle is checked.

[JohnnyMalaria]

As per aedipuss but check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" if you mean you want all icons to have transparent text, not just highlighted ones.

[alegator]

aedipuss, thanks but that did not change it. Anyway it's cool to know that I can access visual settings using your suggested route. I was always trying to unsuccessfully change this by rightclicking the desktop/Properties/Appearance.
JohnnyMalaria, that worked great. Now my desktop icons look great! Here is a screenshot of the same icon after the setting change:


Regards and thanks again!!!