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

I just found a really stupidly easy way to change the color from white to black cuz I was having this problem too.

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 and, this was the problem with mine, the default color of the background is black therefore making the font of the icons white, but if you turn the color to white the font will now be black.

I only managed to change it from white to black and was happy with that, but I'm not sure about other colors.

The choice of icon font characteristics should be a matter of choice.  It would be fine

if the system allowed one to select 'automagic' as a choice, too.

As a matter of personal choice I eschew busy backgrounds and choose a solid color

(a shade of blue as it happens).  I like the look of a solid black font for the icons on

this backgound.  When the system boots up, the icon fonts are black and unshaded.

However, if I make any changes at all to the theme, the font changes to that gawdawful,

bloated white shaded monstrosity, and I cannot get it to change back without performing

a reboot.  No amount of theme selection, background color selection, or font choosing

will get rid of the shading.

Why can't the Advanced Appearance Settings dialog allow changing the font color and

shading if the user wishes?

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

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Ronnie Vernon MVP

Windows 7 - Makes things easier!!!! Phfff..... I remember being able to do this in Windows XP. I can't in Windows 7.

Tell me. How is THAT easier?

Except that it doesn't help for backgrounds that are mixed or in between.