Changing Icon text color

[bigfoot]

Is there a way of changing the color of the desktop's icon's text in XP Pro? I used to be able to do it, but I can't seem to find it any lokger.

One of my users wants to change her desktop background, and now all her icon's text is still in white.
I played around a while then told her I'd get back to her on it.

I must be getting old...

 

[Xaqte]

You should be able to make them clear. Check:
thread779-1094871

Let us know your results!

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[bigfoot]

Ah. No, they don't have a background, only the white text under them. It's this text that she wants to change, not the background color of the boxes. The boxes are transparent.

 

[bigfoot]

There may not be a way to change them if the background is transparent:

You'll change the colour of all text by Start - Control Panel - Display - Appearance - Advanced and change the colour for Window.

You can change the desktop icon colour by a/ having transparent labels off and b/ set the background to a dark colour for white text and to a light colour for dark text. It is always white if transparent.

Taken from here:

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-321586.php

 

[Xaqte]

Ahh, my bad.
Right click the desktop > Properties > Appearance > Advanced

Select "Icon" under item... you should be able to change it here.

Let us know your results!

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[bigfoot]

Been there. No go. It gives me a chance to change the font but not the color.

 

[Xaqte]

Ok, still looking for a Windows way. But in the meantime, I found this:

http://www.sillysot.com/

I'll post back if I find anything else.

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[Xaqte]

This is what I'm finding alot of:
By default in XP, it can't be manually changed. The text changes on its own from dark to light depending on the color of the background

Thats MS for ya!