Windows 2000 Desktop icon font colour?

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h.stroph

Greetings,

How do I change the colour of the icon font on the desktop? The current
white is just too diffivult to see on a weak older back-lighted lcd.

Properties | Appearance | Item | Icon - allows a choice of font, size, bold
and italic, but the colour pull-down is greyed-out. I'd like the font under
the icons on the desktop to be black while preserving all other current
characteristics such as background colour.

Changing the background colour to black or a darker colour makes the white
fonts much more visible, but I find the tone to be too somber for my tastes.
Changing the font colour is all I desire, but can't find out how to do it
without your help.

Thank you.
 
Put on a light background and Windows will automatically switch the font
to black.

h.stroph wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> How do I change the colour of the icon font on the desktop? The current
> white is just too diffivult to see on a weak older back-lighted lcd.
>
> Properties | Appearance | Item | Icon - allows a choice of font, size, bold
> and italic, but the colour pull-down is greyed-out. I'd like the font under
> the icons on the desktop to be black while preserving all other current
> characteristics such as background colour.
>
> Changing the background colour to black or a darker colour makes the white
> fonts much more visible, but I find the tone to be too somber for my tastes.
> Changing the font colour is all I desire, but can't find out how to do it
> without your help.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
 
In news:u3qlOWyyIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl,
Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> typed:

> Put on a light background and Windows will automatically switch the
> font to black.

Thank you, but I wish to choose the color of the icon font, not have Windows
2000 make the choice for me.

Is there a Registry key that can be altered manually please, since it looks
like there's no GUI selector available?
 
h.stroph wrote:

> In news:u3qlOWyyIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl,
> Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> typed:
>
>
>>Put on a light background and Windows will automatically switch the
>>font to black.
>
>
> Thank you, but I wish to choose the color of the icon font, not have Windows
> 2000 make the choice for me.
>
> Is there a Registry key that can be altered manually please, since it looks
> like there's no GUI selector available?
>

None that I'm aware of, only the automatic business.
 
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