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Text color of desktop icons
Name: Lynn Date: November 30, 2001 at 07:57:50 Pacific
Comment:
Does anyone know how to change the color of the text of the desktop icons in Windows XP? I have gone to appearance/advanced (how I always did it in Windows ME) but nothing changes the color of the desktop icon text - the text is white and I have not found any way to change that. Any help would be appreciated!
Name: Roger Date: November 30, 2001 at 19:41:45 Pacific
Reply:
I struggled with that as well, and never found a way to do it. However, you can go back to "classic" form on the icons and get the white on a dark blue background that is readable. It doesn't look great with the rest of the XP look, but you can get used to it (if you're tired of the eyestrain).
I'm keeping an eye on the replies you get to see if there's a reasonable alternative (*smile*).
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Response Number 2
Name: Kathy Date: December 1, 2001 at 14:54:21 Pacific
Reply:
I can't figure it out either. Also waiting for an answer. I had also customized some folders with backgrounds and colored text. The text colors changed when I upgraded from Win98 to XP and now I can't read them as the colors are no longer compatible with the background.
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Response Number 3
Name: reman Date: January 5, 2002 at 13:34:41 Pacific
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