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
    2012-11-04T18:10:36+00:00

    Great! That works ok. Thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-04T07:56:29+00:00

    Great!  Thank you for the work-around.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-09-28T16:12:59+00:00

    Running windows 7, especially if you have an aero theme in use, what you are really trying to do instead of change the desktop icon font color, is ACTUALLY not allow the theme to change the font color after you've set it to whatever color it is you so desire. You could change the font settings in color & metrics all day but if you don't uncheck the box that says "allow theme to modify font' or something to that effect, the theme will just have its way with you desktop icon font colors :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-08-30T08:57:37+00:00

    This worked perfectly!!

    Ha, it's so simple when you know how!!

    Thank you :)

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