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

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

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

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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Anonymous

2016-05-06T02:01:03+00:00

I do not have a popup that says CHANGE WINDOWS COLORS AND METRICS
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Anonymous

2016-03-28T22:17:09+00:00

I need to get rid of the shadow. It makes the font difficult to read. l Can I do this?
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Anonymous

2016-03-07T15:05:53+00:00

Here is a link on how to change the font color. Very easy to follow.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/169415/change\_icon\_color.html
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Anonymous

2016-03-07T15:01:03+00:00

This is not true. My son was able to change the front color from White to Black Bold. But I do not know how he did it.
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