Font colors under icons

[kai]

How do you change the font colors under the desktop icons
say, if you have a white background?

[Ray Taylor]

You can open the display applet from your control panel and go to the
appearance tab.
Click on advanced and change the colour of the correct item from the item
list.


Ray Taylor




"kai" > wrote in message
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> How do you change the font colors under the desktop icons
> say, if you have a white background?

[kai]

I just tried, but you can't change the color of the font
>-----Original Message-----<
>You can open the display applet from your control panel
and go to the
>appearance tab.
>Click on advanced and change the colour of the correct
item from the item
>list.
>
>
>Ray Taylor

>
>
>
>"kai" > wrote in message
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>> How do you change the font colors under the desktop
icons
>> say, if you have a white background?
>
>
>.
>

[Sharon F]

kai wrote:
> How do you change the font colors under the desktop icons
> say, if you have a white background?

If you use the drop shadows setting so that the icon label is transparent
(no holes in wallpaper), you get white text edged with a shadow.

If you turn the drop shadows off, you will see white text if Display>
Appearance> Advanced> Desktop is set to a dark color. Black text if using a
light color. You also have to endure holes in your wallpaper. :(


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Sharon F
Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User

[Sharon F]

Sharon F wrote:
> kai wrote:
>> How do you change the font colors under the desktop icons
>> say, if you have a white background?
>
> If you use the drop shadows setting so that the icon label is transparent
> (no holes in wallpaper), you get white text edged with a shadow.
>
> If you turn the drop shadows off, you will see white text if Display>
> Appearance> Advanced> Desktop is set to a dark color. Black text if using
a
> light color. You also have to endure holes in your wallpaper. :(
>
>

Wanted to add a suggestion... I occasionally use the "Friends" wallpaper in
XP and have doctored it so that it's usable with white text. Using a
graphics editing program, a burn tool and a soft gradual brush, I darkened
the edges. Saved the results as "Friends2" to preserve the original image.
If avoiding holes in your wallpaper is desired, some similar editing should
work with your wallpaper image.


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Sharon F
Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User