Desktop Icon Font Color - How do I change the font color of the text that describes desktop icons?

Anonymous
2010-02-18T11:16:49+00:00

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit. How do I change the font color that describes the desktop icons?

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Anonymous
2010-02-18T11:56:09+00:00

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit. How do I change the font color that describes the desktop icons?

Hi

You cannot change the Desktop font color.

Because Desktop wallpaper images have varying colors, it is easy for the font colors to be unreadable if they are on top of the same color as a wallpaper image. For instance a black font on top of a dark part of the background image or a white font on a white part of a background image.

The Desktop icon fonts are dynamic and will show white on dark backgrounds and change to white with a black shadow effect on a light background.

Hope this helps.

Thank You for using Windows 7

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-03T14:54:23+00:00

    You can only change it to black or white

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-10T14:15:23+00:00

    Hi Ronnie, thank you for your answers so far. My issue is assisting someone with sight difficulties. I can change the settings in Windows XP and everything is fine. The person needs to upgrade to Windows 10 and some of the features are not available, in particular independently changing the icon font size and colour.

    Any suggestions will be welcome.

    Thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-11-13T22:52:09+00:00

    On my desktop the font under the folders is white with black shading around it. I want the font itself to be black

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