Solved Desktop Icon font color change

[Lois Lane]

I have just download D-Color XP 1.2, opened it up and changed the colour of font and background, however nothing seems to happen. Am I suppose to be doing something?

I'm running Vista 32bit

Thanks, Sharyn (first ever thread)

 

[Brink]

Hello Sharyn, and welcome to Vista Forums.

It's a bit of an older program, so you may need to right click on it's shortcut and click on Run as administrator for it to work properly.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[MJTh]

Hi Lois,
In case no one has told you: D-color puts a little icon on the start up tool bar (bottom right of your computer. Looks like a little monitor. Just click it and color options come up. It's great. I am using it with Vista Home basic and it it perfect!

 

[granbjd22]

I have this same problem. White background and white text. I downloaded the D-Color program. (I have vista 32bit) And it downloaded ok but I can't get it to work>??? I chose my color and held down right click and moved to page. But no color change. Anyone can help please?

 

[TheWareWolf76]

I have this same problem. White background and white text. I downloaded the D-Color program. (I have vista 32bit) And it downloaded ok but I can't get it to work>??? I chose my color and held down right click and moved to page. But no color change. Anyone can help please?

I registered just to answer this, because I know how frustrating this issue is.

It does, however, have a simple solution.

Just right click My Computer, then properties. Open Advanced System Settings, and then go to the Advanced tab and click Settings under the Performance section.

In the window that comes up, click the Visual Effects tab and scroll close to the bottom, and un-check the box that says "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop."

Now if you change your background color from black to white, you should have black text on your desktop.

I hope this helps.

 

[Wigz]

Ron,

I found this free little program D-Color XP 1.2 that will you change the desktop icon text or background to whatever color you want them all to be. It was made for XP, but I tested it and it works fine on Vista 32 bit and 64 bit. After you install it and run it, you will see a tray icon. Click on it to change the colors.

Dindo Liboon's Website

Shawn

5 years later and it still works..thanks.

 

[cstew80]

Ron,

I found this free little program D-Color XP 1.2 that will you change the desktop icon text or background to whatever color you want them all to be. It was made for XP, but I tested it and it works fine on Vista 32 bit and 64 bit. After you install it and run it, you will see a tray icon. Click on it to change the colors.

Dindo Liboon's Website

Shawn

Hi Shawn!

I wanted to say thanks for the program rec! I just began researching how to change the color of the desktop icons when I stumbled upon this thread. Hope your day is going well and know that you're appreciated. Take care!

Christian

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Christian. I'm glad it was able to help.