Remove the rectangle around desktop icon when selected

Question

Is there a way to remove the rectangle around desktop icons, whithin the aero theme?

Take a look at this icon. You can see the box around the icon when it's highlighted:

Now, take a look at the same icon with the classic theme enabled, no box around the icon:

Is there a way to remove the rectangle without changing to classic mode?

Answer 1

The solution below recommends creating a custom theme instead of editing your current one.

• http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/253264-remove-icon-hover-highlight.html

Answer 2

I'm not a computer expert but I think the problem is somehow linked to the "notification Area" on the taskbar. When I clean the "notification area" tray icons the problem goes away for a while. My solutiuon is to flush out the "notification are" icons when the problem comes back. I don't know if this will work foe everyone else but it does for me.