desktop icon font color

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I have a light color picture for my desktop background and the font color for
the icons is white what make it hard to see. How can I change the font color
for the icons to, for example, black?? The option for icon on display
property (right click on desktop) doesn't have an option for color change.
Thanks!

 

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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:28:04 -0700, guta_brasil wrote:

> I have a light color picture for my desktop background and the font color for
> the icons is white what make it hard to see. How can I change the font color
> for the icons to, for example, black?? The option for icon on display
> property (right click on desktop) doesn't have an option for color change.
> Thanks!

Text color is done automatically in response to the color of background
that is in use. Change it to something light colored or white. Display>
Appearance> Advanced>Item> Desktop. And you'll need to turn off "use drop
shadows" in System Properties> Advanced> Performance> Settings> Visual
Effects as XP's drop shadows are always done off of white text.

One drawback, this will force a black font but it will also put "holes" in
the wallpaper - no transparent icon labels. If you prefer to keep the
transparency, there is an alternative.

Leave background color and drop shadows alone. Then, using a graphics
program, open a copy of the image file being used for wallpaper. Use the
graphics program to adjust the image so that light text is more visible.
Examples: Use the burn tool on the edge(s) of the image or use color
adjustments to darken the entire image. I've darkened edges on quite a few
images for my system. Acceptable results were achieved with a minimal
amount of editing.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User