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

"You go to CONTROL PANEL and in the "search control panel" bar at the top type in "COLOR SCHEME"

then click on the CHANGE WINDOWS COLORS AND METRICS that pops up in the list

DESKTOP will automatically come up"

Thank you very much. 

That's a much better solution than other comments!

With white wallpapers the font was always white without the slightest sign of being 'dynamic'!

All came right when I change the default background to gray.

Hey Ronnie, Just wanted to tell you that I found your responses on this thread to be really bothersome. You come across as a smart-****, for lack of a better word. The person that you are going back and forth with is making a simple point: Users should be able to decide what font color they want for desktop icons. And to be honest, I agree completely. I'm putting a picture of my daughter on my background right now and your "automatically adjusting" selections don't show up worth a **** no matter how many screenshots you want to embed in your replies to this thread. The solution is pretty simple: Let me choose black font and I'll have what I want. But that's not a choice -- and nothing you can say will explain that away. I want to do something simple that will really allow me to "Personalize" - your menu name, not mine - my machine the way that I want to but I can't. That's a fail on your part. You should own it respectfully rather than bicker and argue with your customers.

its now April 2013 and i've just changed mine to black from these instructions - windows 7 64 bit

thanks very much... is this proof that humanz can still outdo the machines?

I have windows 8 and have the same problem, can't do screen print and paste here but have clouds on screen and white icon letters are invisible.  like looking for a golf ball in white sand.  the automatic differential does not seem to be working as in your screen shots.