ICON font shadow has disappeared???

I noticed there is a dark shadow (3d effect) under the desktop font on each icon. If you change the theme to classic it goes away, but normally with the Vista theme you see it. I guess it's so a white font will be visible if you have a light colored background on your desktop. I just noticed it's gone and I can't seem to get it back. I'm still getting used to the complete change of all desktop tweaking controls, but I cannot find any reference to the shadow for the font . . . HELP?!

In addition to the information Ahmed posted.
The drop shadow on the desktop icon text is automatic. You will only see the drop shadow on a light colored background and only if the background has different shades of color.
To see this effect, right click the desktop and select Personalize/Desktop Background. Select Solid Colors.
Choose the Black background and the text is all white with no drop shadow, choose White and it turns black with no drop shadow.
Now, select Windows Wallpapers and select one of the 'Black and White' wallpapers. You will see that the text in the lighter parts of the wallpaper has the drop shadow and the text in the darker parts of the wallpaper does not. The lighter the shade, the
more apparent the drop shadow will be.
This works this way so that the text is always visible, regardless of the background color or shade where the text is located.
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
I tried all of that and nothing works. ClearType is turned on. I'm not getting either the shadow or the dynamic effect that when a background image is dark the fonts are white and when background is light the fonts are dark. Please help.

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