When all the icons highlighted in blue on the desktop

For XP Users, when the text below all the icons on the desktop was highlighted in blue, the steps may be followed to get rid of it.

1) Right click on desktop and select Properties
2)  Select the Desktop tab

3) Click on Customize Desktop.

4)  Lock desktop items --  check box ticked, uncheck (cancel the tick)  it.

5) Click OK.