desktop icon text in Windows 8-1

In WindowsXP, the white text below the desktop icon is superimposed on a small black field. In Windows 8, the text is also white, but with a black "shadow" instead of the black field, Depending on where on my desktop picture that icon is located, that text is hard to read. I did enlarge it to 125%, with middling results.

Can I insert a uni-colored (preferably black) field below the icon texts?

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