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.

Selected Icons?????? What windows version are you using?
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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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> Selected Icons?????? What windows version are you using?
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Windows XP Home Edition SP3 (build 2600).

Ken Bland

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> Selected Icons?????? What windows version are you using?
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Version number is 5.1

Ken Bland

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> Version number is 5.1
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> Ken Bland
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He was being sarcastic, Ken. Double-check - do you actually have an entry in
the drop-down saying "Selected Icons"?

I was not or did not mean to be sarcastic. I don't find a 'selected icons'
on my system. I thought he was using
some other version of XP than the one I have.
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>> Version number is 5.1
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>> Ken Bland
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> He was being sarcastic, Ken. Double-check - do you actually have an entry
> in
> the drop-down saying "Selected Icons"?
>
>

BTW, most you Londoners misinterpret our English (American) language.
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>> Version number is 5.1
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>> Ken Bland
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> He was being sarcastic, Ken. Double-check - do you actually have an entry
> in
> the drop-down saying "Selected Icons"?
>
>

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>> Version number is 5.1
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>> Ken Bland
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> He was being sarcastic, Ken. Double-check - do you actually have an entry
> in
> the drop-down saying "Selected Icons"?

I do indeed. Third up from the bottom.

Ken Bland
>
>

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
>
>
>

P.S. My third from the bottom says - selected items
Cindy
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>>> Version number is 5.1
>>>
>>> Ken Bland
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>> He was being sarcastic, Ken. Double-check - do you actually have an entry
>> in
>> the drop-down saying "Selected Icons"?
>
> I do indeed. Third up from the bottom.
>
> Ken Bland
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