How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are on the
desktop under the icons on the main screen)

"Blake" wrote:

> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are on the
> desktop under the icons on the main screen)

Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab, click
advanced, click Item, select Icon

The color is set so you can't change it.

ManyBeers wrote:

> "Blake" wrote:
>
>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are on
>> the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>
> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab,
> click advanced, click Item, select Icon


No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the font
color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font. If it's light,
you get a black font.

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I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.

windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free

http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> ManyBeers wrote:
>
>> "Blake" wrote:
>>
>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are on
>>> the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>
>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab,
>> click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>
>
> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the font
> color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font. If it's
> light, you get a black font.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>

kenny wrote:

> I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.


Nope, you didn't prove me wrong at all.


> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free


That's fine. I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said "you can't change the
font color that way." I was responding to ManyBeers post, which wasn't
correct.


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Please reply to the newsgroup



>
> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>
>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are
>>>> on the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>
>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab,
>>> click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>
>>
>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the
>> font color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font.
>> If it's light, you get a black font.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

ok... but you didn't provide a solution either...

If you who are an mvp says that one option does not work, and does not
give another solution, one might suspect that there is no other solution.

This desktop icon color thing has been discussed many times on the
newsgroups... no MVP even mentions windowsFX as a possible solution,
and many say its not possible.
"Not possible" is a phrase I am allergic to, especially coming from people
with good knowledge of technology. Nevertheless, perhaps in the future
someone
who is Google group searching, will find this information useful.

Kenny


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:uXqrBhaBGHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> kenny wrote:
>
>> I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.
>
>
> Nope, you didn't prove me wrong at all.
>
>
>> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free
>
>
> That's fine. I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said "you can't change
> the font color that way." I was responding to ManyBeers post, which wasn't
> correct.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
>>
>> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>>
>>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are
>>>>> on the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>>
>>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab,
>>>> click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>>
>>>
>>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the
>>> font color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font.
>>> If it's light, you get a black font.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>

There is a freeware program called Iconoid found at
http://www.sillysot.com/ that allows you to change the color of the
fonts.

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:16:53 +0200, "kenny" <nope@at.all> wrote:

>ok... but you didn't provide a solution either...
>
>If you who are an mvp says that one option does not work, and does not
>give another solution, one might suspect that there is no other solution.
>
>This desktop icon color thing has been discussed many times on the
>newsgroups... no MVP even mentions windowsFX as a possible solution,
>and many say its not possible.
>"Not possible" is a phrase I am allergic to, especially coming from people
>with good knowledge of technology. Nevertheless, perhaps in the future
>someone
>who is Google group searching, will find this information useful.
>
>Kenny
>
>
>"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>news:uXqrBhaBGHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> kenny wrote:
>>
>>> I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.
>>
>>
>> Nope, you didn't prove me wrong at all.
>>
>>
>>> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free
>>
>>
>> That's fine. I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said "you can't change
>> the font color that way." I was responding to ManyBeers post, which wasn't
>> correct.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>> news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are
>>>>>> on the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>>>
>>>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab,
>>>>> click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the
>>>> font color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font.
>>>> If it's light, you get a black font.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>

kenny wrote:

> ok... but you didn't provide a solution either...


I didn't know one. Although it would be better to provide a correct
solution, there's also value in pointing out that a particular solution
won't work.


> If you who are an mvp says that one option does not work, and does not
> give another solution, one might suspect that there is no other
> solution.


OK, that's a fair statement and I''ll accept it. It's true that I was
focusing more on his wrong answer, and wanted to make sure it wasn't
believed than any possibility of a better answer (which, as I said, I didn't
really know). I had heard of third-party software which can do this, but I
didn't remember (if I ever knew) its name, and certainly didn't have any
experience with it. I'm always reluctant to recommend third-party software I
haven't used myself.


> This desktop icon color thing has been discussed many times on the
> newsgroups... no MVP even mentions windowsFX as a possible solution,
> and many say its not possible.
> "Not possible" is a phrase I am allergic to, especially coming from
> people with good knowledge of technology.
> Nevertheless, perhaps in
> the future someone
> who is Google group searching, will find this information useful.


Yes. Thanks for posting it.

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Please reply to the newsgroup


> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:uXqrBhaBGHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> kenny wrote:
>>
>>> I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.
>>
>>
>> Nope, you didn't prove me wrong at all.
>>
>>
>>> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free
>>
>>
>> That's fine. I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said "you can't
>> change the font color that way." I was responding to ManyBeers post,
>> which wasn't correct.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>> news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are
>>>>>> on the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>>>
>>>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance
>>>>> tab, click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the
>>>> font color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font.
>>>> If it's light, you get a black font.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup

My apologies Ken...

I was rude, and I know it....


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:uMO3OmbBGHA.3604@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> kenny wrote:
>
>> ok... but you didn't provide a solution either...
>
>
> I didn't know one. Although it would be better to provide a correct
> solution, there's also value in pointing out that a particular solution
> won't work.
>
>
>> If you who are an mvp says that one option does not work, and does not
>> give another solution, one might suspect that there is no other
>> solution.
>
>
> OK, that's a fair statement and I''ll accept it. It's true that I was
> focusing more on his wrong answer, and wanted to make sure it wasn't
> believed than any possibility of a better answer (which, as I said, I
> didn't really know). I had heard of third-party software which can do
> this, but I didn't remember (if I ever knew) its name, and certainly
> didn't have any experience with it. I'm always reluctant to recommend
> third-party software I haven't used myself.
>
>
>> This desktop icon color thing has been discussed many times on the
>> newsgroups... no MVP even mentions windowsFX as a possible solution,
>> and many say its not possible.
>> "Not possible" is a phrase I am allergic to, especially coming from
>> people with good knowledge of technology.
>> Nevertheless, perhaps in
>> the future someone
>> who is Google group searching, will find this information useful.
>
>
> Yes. Thanks for posting it.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>> news:uXqrBhaBGHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> kenny wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nope, you didn't prove me wrong at all.
>>>
>>>
>>>> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free
>>>
>>>
>>> That's fine. I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said "you can't
>>> change the font color that way." I was responding to ManyBeers post,
>>> which wasn't correct.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>>> news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are
>>>>>>> on the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance
>>>>>> tab, click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the
>>>>> font color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font.
>>>>> If it's light, you get a black font.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>

kenny wrote:

> My apologies Ken...
>
> I was rude, and I know it....


Thanks Kenny. Apology accepted, but your point was a vaild one.


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Please reply to the newsgroup


> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:uMO3OmbBGHA.3604@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> kenny wrote:
>>
>>> ok... but you didn't provide a solution either...
>>
>>
>> I didn't know one. Although it would be better to provide a correct
>> solution, there's also value in pointing out that a particular
>> solution won't work.
>>
>>
>>> If you who are an mvp says that one option does not work, and does
>>> not give another solution, one might suspect that there is no other
>>> solution.
>>
>>
>> OK, that's a fair statement and I''ll accept it. It's true that I was
>> focusing more on his wrong answer, and wanted to make sure it wasn't
>> believed than any possibility of a better answer (which, as I said, I
>> didn't really know). I had heard of third-party software which can do
>> this, but I didn't remember (if I ever knew) its name, and certainly
>> didn't have any experience with it. I'm always reluctant to recommend
>> third-party software I haven't used myself.
>>
>>
>>> This desktop icon color thing has been discussed many times on the
>>> newsgroups... no MVP even mentions windowsFX as a possible solution,
>>> and many say its not possible.
>>> "Not possible" is a phrase I am allergic to, especially coming from
>>> people with good knowledge of technology.
>>> Nevertheless, perhaps in
>>> the future someone
>>> who is Google group searching, will find this information useful.
>>
>>
>> Yes. Thanks for posting it.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>> news:uXqrBhaBGHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> kenny wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nope, you didn't prove me wrong at all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's fine. I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said "you can't
>>>> change the font color that way." I was responding to ManyBeers
>>>> post, which wasn't correct.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in
>>>>> message news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that
>>>>>>>> are on the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance
>>>>>>> tab, click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change
>>>>>> the font color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white
>>>>>> font. If it's light, you get a black font.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup

The answer is right. You are wrong. FX is not part of windows.

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"kenny" <nope@at.all> wrote in message news:ex4jMQXBGHA.628@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.
>
> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free
>
> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>
>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are on
>>>> the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>
>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab,
>>> click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>
>>
>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the font
>> color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font. If it's
>> light, you get a black font.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>
>

i never said it was...
please read the entire thread


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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The answer is right. You are wrong. FX is not part of windows.

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"kenny" <nope@at.all> wrote in message
news:ex4jMQXBGHA.628@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.
>
> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free
>
> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>
>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are on
>>>> the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>
>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab,
>>> click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>
>>
>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the font
>> color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font. If it's
>> light, you get a black font.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>
>

this can change the colors of the fonts but you have to disable the
shadows....

Can you have the shadows and the changed color?

WindowFX by stardock can have different colors and shadows.


"NormanHeyen" <n.heyen@insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:992hq1147t3rar61oaqilhnjb2asrj4eng@4ax.com...
> There is a freeware program called Iconoid found at
> http://www.sillysot.com/ that allows you to change the color of the
> fonts.
>
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:16:53 +0200, "kenny" <nope@at.all> wrote:
>
>>ok... but you didn't provide a solution either...
>>
>>If you who are an mvp says that one option does not work, and does not
>>give another solution, one might suspect that there is no other solution.
>>
>>This desktop icon color thing has been discussed many times on the
>>newsgroups... no MVP even mentions windowsFX as a possible solution,
>>and many say its not possible.
>>"Not possible" is a phrase I am allergic to, especially coming from people
>>with good knowledge of technology. Nevertheless, perhaps in the future
>>someone
>>who is Google group searching, will find this information useful.
>>
>>Kenny
>>
>>
>>"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>news:uXqrBhaBGHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> kenny wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like proving MVPs wrong.. its a kind of hobby of mine.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nope, you didn't prove me wrong at all.
>>>
>>>
>>>> windowFX from stardock can do this, but its not free
>>>
>>>
>>> That's fine. I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said "you can't change
>>> the font color that way." I was responding to ManyBeers post, which
>>> wasn't
>>> correct.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>>> news:OSS2C4PBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> ManyBeers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Blake" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are
>>>>>>> on the desktop under the icons on the main screen)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Right click on the desktop ,click properties, click appearance tab,
>>>>>> click advanced, click Item, select Icon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No, although you can change many things there, you can't change the
>>>>> font color that way. If the desktop is dark, you get a white font.
>>>>> If it's light, you get a black font.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>>
>>>
>>
>

"Blake" <Blake@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How do I change the color of the desktop font? (the ones that are on the
> desktop under the icons on the main screen)

I use TransText it works fine for me in XP. Freeware at
http://www.realityrift.com/applications/transtext/

Greg