how do you make the black background in the textbox of your icons on your desktop transparent?

[Wuming]

the title says it all. the black backgrd simply spoils any nice wallpaper you put on your desktop.

 

[Davegod75]

search for a free program called transtext usign www.google.com. it works great

 

[goophie]

or this:
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[Wuming]

so i presume there's no way to do it without using third party programs?