How to change color of fonts on desktop icons in Windows 7 ?

[lectrocrew]

My current desktop background is a photo of my grey cat with a lot of grey in the background. My desktop icon fonts are white which makes them hard to see. How do I make these fonts black?

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[SuperDave]

Right-click on the desktop and select Personalize. You should be able to change it there.

[lectrocrew]

Won't work. The icon color box is not active (shown circled in red in the attached image). It was active with Windows XP. I don't remember if it was or not with Vista. I currently have it set for size 11, and for bold, which helps, but a dark color font would be better. Also, it makes no difference if I have the 'Item' field 'desktop' set to black or set to white, or any other color.

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[patio]

It's because you have Win basic theme...select Custom theme and go from there...

[lectrocrew]

I've tried Windows Aero, High contrast and I've downloaded and am currently using Abstract Bright. All of these don't allow selection for 'Icon' color. How do I select "custom" theme?

[patio]

It's not Icon color you want to change...you wanna change font color...or select a background color for Fonts...

[BC_Programmer]

You can't change the color of the Icon Labels on the Desktop. At least not with Windows Theme UI in Windows 7. It will always be White with a dark Drop Shadow if Drop shadows are on.

If Drop Shadows are off, though, Windows will select White or Black based on whether your chosen Desktop Color is darker or lighter. So if you uncheck "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" in Control Panel->System->Advanced System Settings->Advanced Tab, Settings button in the Performance group box, you can then change the "Desktop" color to White to get Black desktop Icon text.

Alternatively, you can use Third Party software like Iconoid which provides desktop icon customization features, including color.

[lectrocrew]

Yes sir that did the trick (unchecking 'Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop', and setting the 'desktop' color to white). Being that my new cat (photo of which is my desktop background) chose my lap as her favorite spot, I'm unable to use my laptop PC. Instead I'm using my desktop PC/bluetooth mouse and keyboard with 32" monitor 12 feet away, which is a chore to see with my old eyes. Now I can see it much better. Thanks once again BC!