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
    2014-01-28T20:14:29+00:00

    See replies about, on14 Nov and Dec 2014. Changing via Control Panel the desktop background black to white, the icon fonts will be black. That worked for me in Windows 7 x86 Home Premium.

    Personalization -> Window color ->Advanced -> Item Background  -> Color 1 black to white.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-28T18:09:19+00:00

    I have a desktop backgroung that goes from the ocean to the sky during sunset. The white fonts show up great over the water, but totally disapear in the clouds and sun in the sky. There is no shadowing to the fonts to make them show up in the light colored area of the desktop background. How do I get those fontd to show up so I can read them?

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-10T18:51:41+00:00

    THANKS!

    this is exactly what I was looking for.  For the longest time, I couldn't read the text under the icons almost all of the time, even when I moused over them

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-12-02T16:39:52+00:00
    • Why is this Featured as the Top Answer?  It's not Helpful, or even Accurate.  CatMParker, below, nailed it.

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