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

2017-08-14T05:30:23+00:00

NO IT DOES NOT RONNIE.

IT DOESN'T WORK AGAINST LIGHT BACKGROUNDS.

THE SHADOWING IN SOME CASES IS NOT CRISP AND CLEAR.

WE CANNOT CHANGE THE FONT SIZING AS WELL AS THE COLOR.

Please stop screwing with your customers, stop thinking like a software engineer and DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
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Anonymous

2010-07-09T13:25:58+00:00

Now do the same picture but without having caps-lock on when you type in the icon text...
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Anonymous

2010-05-08T20:52:28+00:00

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?

Hi

I already described the reasons for this decision.

If you use a solid background, and you still want to use a theme, you can always select the Windows 7 Basic or Windows Classic theme. The problem with themes, such as Aero, is that they all include pre-defined settings.

If none of this helps, there are always third party solutions that offer just about any option you wish to use.

Hope this helps.

Thank You for using Windows 7

Ronnie Vernon MVP
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Anonymous

2010-03-03T18:57:54+00:00

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?

Hi

In previous versions of Windows, it did not matter what color you picked for the Desktop fonts, some would always be rendered invisible because of the background color of a desktop wallpaper. The user was constantly moving icons around the desktop to a different colored area where the font could be read. This was the source of a large number of complaints from users asking for a font that was always visible, regardless of the color that was behind the font.

The white/shadowed font solves this problem.

Hope this helps.

Thank You for using Windows 7

Ronnie Vernon MVP
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