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

Anonymous
2010-02-18T11:16:49+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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Anonymous
2010-02-18T11:56:09+00:00

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

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-16T00:36:18+00:00

    This is exactly what I needed. Thank you :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-12T08:59:33+00:00

    Thanks for this information!

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-07-23T18:28:46+00:00

    I'm just adding more this this entry...

    It might seem that Windows will not dynamically change this; an example would be using an image for the background.

    To change the font color manually in this case:

    1.) Right click on the desktop, select personalize.

    2.) Select "Desktop Background" icon at the bottom.

    3.) Select "Change background color" link at the bottom.

    4.) Change the color....

    To make the font black: Select white or another light color

    The make the font white: Select black or another dark color

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-06-26T08:30:28+00:00

    Exactly what I wanted/needed. Couldn't make out white font without difficulty. Thanks for the heads up.

    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.

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