Re: Changing the text color of my desktop icons

That didn't work - I changed my background to white and my text is still white.
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Thanks!

Barry311


"S.Sengupta" wrote:

> The color is a function of the background color.If you select a light
> background then you will get black text.
>
> regards,
> ssg MS-MVP
>
>
>
> Barry311 wrote:
>
> > A long time ago I had a very dark background on my desktop, and I found a way
> > to change the text color of my desktop icons to white...now I want to change
> > it back to black, and I can't for the life of me remember how I did it?
> >
> > Anyone know how?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Barry311
>
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