Re: How do I change my destop icon text from white to a darker color

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Hi Justin,
I didn't think this would be so hard to do. I am using XP SP3. I do not
have a choice of 'selected icons' - I have Desktop, icon, icon spacing,
etc. But no selected icons. When I select Icon it is giving me a choice
of size and font, but no color choice. Looks like I will have to either
change my wallpaper or just live with the white font color.
Any other suggestions.
Thanks, Cindy in AR

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On my Windows desktop my Icons are a white font color. I changed my
wallpaper, which had a dark background to one with a light background.
My new background makes the text
really hard to read. The background is now a light gray with the fonts
being
white.
How do I change the text to a darker color? The icons themselves are
fine and I do not want to touch them but it would be nice to have the
text a
darker color.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.


Cindy, my desktop background color is dark green so white text is fine for
me, but you might try this approach -- do it carefully:

My Computer > Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Advanced > Item
dropdown > Selected Icons > Font > Color (dropdown) select to change to
the desired color > OK your way back out.

Be sure you can retrace your steps if necessary to back out of this. I
didn't try it myself.

Ken Bland





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