Change the fonts icon in Windows 7

In Windows 7, the names of the icons appear in a font that is white with a black shadow around the characters.  This became boring with my background color.  I want set the font style for a solid as plain Tahoma font.   How change and change the fonts that appear in the names of the icons and shortcuts?

You can change the type of font (Tahoma, Segoe UI, Ariel, Times New Roman, etc) in the section Customizing the control panel.  Choose the color of the window options, and then use the link options aspect advanced to access fonts.

To get rid of the black shadow, type Word appearance in the start menu, then choose "change the appearance and performance of windows."  In the list, you can disable the option "use shadows for icons on the desktop" (near the bottom of the list).

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