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

2013-05-15T03:41:26+00:00

I have messed around with windows 8 for over an hour. the best way to adjust the desktop icon fonts that i found is as follows:

control panel>system security (on left hand column) > system > advanced systems settings(left hand column) >pop up box appears, go to advanced tab >performance and click on settings> visual effects tab

4 radio button choices are there

let windows choose whats best for my computer

adjust for best appearance

adjust for best performance

custom

17 boxes are checked or unchecked and are below these four radio buttons.

pay close attention to the following boxes, (check and uncheck and hit apply and watch your desktop change),

show shadows under windows

smooth edges of screen font,

use drop shadows for icon labels on desktop

After playing with this I selected radio icon let windows decide

but everyone is different

if you need icons larger and print larger

control panel>system security>appearance and personalization>display then choose display size
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Anonymous

2013-05-23T19:28:32+00:00

Unfortunately, my wallpaper has a predominantly white background and the system chooses white text for the icon labels!

Thanks to CarlMParker for the workaround!
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Anonymous

2013-06-12T12:01:57+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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I have Windows 7 Ultimate and I followed a post from PersonalNexus at superuser.com at the following link with a slight modification to change the desktop font color (from white to black).

http://superuser.com/questions/390025/how-can-i-change-font-and-color-of-the-captions-under-the-icons-on-the-desktop/606647#606647

To change your desktop icon font color:

Right click on desktop and select Personalize | click Window Color | Advance Appearance Settings | Select 'Desktop' under Item (not Icon) | change 'Color 1' from Black to White for black desktop icon font color.

Your desktop font color will change to Black so you can read your icons! If you want white desktop font color just make 'desktop' Item color 1 Black instead of white!

Hope this helps everyone!
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Anonymous

2013-06-20T11:07:15+00:00

I changed mine on,Win 98,Win ME, Win XP, now I have Vista and just a few minutes ago I remembered changing them I want XP back that will run updated I don't like Vista and sure don't want to get those computers where you can move icons and stuff around touching the monitor screen and smear it up or worse scratch it.
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