Changing Text Color for Desktop Icons????
Wednesday, April 2, 2003 by spiral'' | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
how can i do this? it must be very simple, but i can't seem to find out where to do this. there's quite a few skins i'd like to use, but the icon text is black (i need white)
help me!
help me!
DarkMist
Reply #3 Thursday, April 3, 2003 4:33 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, April 3, 2003 4:33 AM
and iconoid changes the text colour? i thought it just hid inactive icons etc
Vickey61
Reply #4 Thursday, April 3, 2003 4:56 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, April 3, 2003 4:56 AM
no it also changes the icon text color mine is orange right now
MarkMcQ
Reply #5 Thursday, April 3, 2003 5:35 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, April 3, 2003 5:35 AM
Icon text by default is automatically set to black or white depending on what the bg colour of the desktop is.
It's white on dark bg's, and vice-versa.
It's white on dark bg's, and vice-versa.
DarkMist
Reply #6 Thursday, April 3, 2003 8:10 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, April 3, 2003 8:10 AM
Where can i get it Vickey? found links but none really say much about it
DarkMist
Reply #7 Thursday, April 3, 2003 8:37 AM
Reply #7 Thursday, April 3, 2003 8:37 AM
Ignore that i've found it.......at last cool blue text. thanks for the info Vickey 
spiral''
Reply #8 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:48 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:48 PM
ok it says some weird stuff about starting up with windows. it says to add "-nowait" to the file name, if you don't it will delay loading for 90 seconds. whats up with that? i don't understand where to type "-nowait" 
DarkMist
Reply #9 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:50 PM
same here spiral.......im just sticking with the delay, like it said it avoids conflict which is always good
Reply #9 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:50 PM
same here spiral.......im just sticking with the delay, like it said it avoids conflict which is always good
The DJ
Reply #10 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:54 PM
Reply #10 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:54 PM
Right click your desktop -> properties -> appearance -> advanced -> other advanced -> then where it says 'items', click on that and go down to desktop. If you want black text (which I have and you can click on my name to see my desktop) make 'color 1' white. Hit ok, then apply and it should change.
To keep it from changing when you reboot, after goin to 'display properties' and hittin 'appearance', hit 'windowblinds' then 'settings' and uncheck 'apply the skins colour scheme'.
You don't need any third party software.
To keep it from changing when you reboot, after goin to 'display properties' and hittin 'appearance', hit 'windowblinds' then 'settings' and uncheck 'apply the skins colour scheme'.
You don't need any third party software.
DarkMist
Reply #11 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:56 PM
Reply #11 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:56 PM
The DJ does it only have option of black or white though?
DarkMist
Reply #12 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:58 PM
Reply #12 Thursday, April 3, 2003 6:58 PM
and i have 3 user accounts on my pc, will it change the font colour of all of them?
The DJ
Reply #13 Thursday, April 3, 2003 7:03 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, April 3, 2003 7:03 PM
Oops, that will only do white and black like Hippy said. My bad. Not sure if there is another way besides gettin something third party.
As for the 3 user accounts, it shouldn't and you would have to change it once for each account.
As for the 3 user accounts, it shouldn't and you would have to change it once for each account.
DarkMist
Reply #14 Thursday, April 3, 2003 7:08 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, April 3, 2003 7:08 PM
just looked and it does more than black and white but the blue it gives is wrong shade, iconoid has the exact one 
spiral''
Reply #17 Friday, April 4, 2003 8:14 AM
Reply #17 Friday, April 4, 2003 8:14 AM
The DJ, is that a XP thing? i'm not finding it on Win 98 aw well. the "apply skins color theme" will suffice. thanks all
aw well. the "apply skins color theme" will suffice. thanks all
DarkMist
Reply #18 Friday, April 4, 2003 8:17 AM
Reply #18 Friday, April 4, 2003 8:17 AM
yeah spiral think its XP only, which is why the third party software comes in real handy
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Reply #1 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 8:37 PM