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

2017-09-20T01:29:38+00:00

The white/shadowed font solves this problem.

The "white/shadowed font" is the problem! It blurs the letters!

I'm running Windows 10 - pls help. The WSF wasn't there initially.
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Anonymous

2017-10-08T00:10:51+00:00

what is the default color on the "font color icon"
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Anonymous

2017-10-24T14:56:53+00:00

For me there is no drop shadow. I have set Windows to "Adjust for best performance" not best appearance so that's probably why. The result is I can't read the Desktop icon labels.
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Anonymous

2017-10-27T19:03:58+00:00

change color of desktop font
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