Vista - Advanced Appearance

Hello SittingDuck, and welcome to Vista Forums.

I believe you have to be using either the Windows Aero or Windows Classic color scheme for that item color to stick.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi Brink,

Since my laptop doesn't support Aero (that damn Intel 910/915 chipset) and I don't want to go back to a windows 2000 look, I think I will have to keep the default colour scheme. Thank you.

I tried it. You will not be missing anything.

I'm sure this sounds pretty dense, but is there anywhere that shows exactly WHERE each item on the drop down menu of the "Advanced Appearance" dialog box makes a change? Most of it is self-explanatory, but there are a few that I can't really tell all the places changes are made. An example: How do you change the COLOR of the desktop icons? Is there a diagram or list describing each item? Thanks for any help... mona

Hello Mona, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Usually you must be using the Windows Classic color scheme instead in order to change a listed item's color settings.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks for your really, really quick reply.. I knew I didn't format my question properly.. Let me try this: From "Control Panel", choose "Window Color and Appearance" > "Appearance Settings", then choose "Advanced" > "Advanced Appearance" box, then..... click "Item" for drop-down list.... My question is: Is there a chart or something that says exactly what and where each thing on the list affects? One example is: Which item sets the desktop icon TITLE COLOR?

Little by little, I'm learning to adjust different aspects of the visual experience, but this one has me stuck!

Another {MUCH less important to me] is the "x" in the upper right of a window... MOST of the time, I have no problem adjusting the size of it - and, I keep them pretty large - usually 26 to 28, but lately, I've noticed that SOME windows have tall, skinny "x"'s - usually it is the "bottom" window in a stack... the ones on top have normally-sized "x"s.. Any thoughts?

I do hope I explained my question a little better.... if not, then I'm hopeless... Thanks, again... mona ps I don't know who set up these smileys, but I'm one of the goofballs that love them!! Except for the ones that have bad things attached and mess up the computer when you download them..

I do not know of anywhere that has these items listed with full details on them. However, you can use the free program D-Color to easily change the desktop icon text color like this though.

Not sure about the X issue though.

Thank you so much.. I'll try your suggestion.. Hope you are having an enjoyable night!!

You're welcome Mona. I hope it does everything that you wanted it to.