Lord Mushroom Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I am using a dark wallpaper on my computer to be able to read the names of the desktop shortcuts clearly. But I am tired of looking at that dark wallpaper. I use Windows 10. How can I make the text pop out more on a lighter background? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamon Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Do you have the text drop shadows turned off? Or maybe it'll help to turn them off. The instructions for that are here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/126714-add-remove-drop-shadows-icon-labels-desktop-windows.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mushroom Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Agamon said: Do you have the text drop shadows turned off? Or maybe it'll help to turn them off. The instructions for that are here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/126714-add-remove-drop-shadows-icon-labels-desktop-windows.html Thanks for the tip, but I was already having drop shadows on, and turning them off just made it a little worse. Ironically, turning ClearType off makes the text stand out on the background, but I need it on for everywhere else. I think I was inaccurate in my description. The background I want to use isn´t very bright, it is medium bright if that makes any difference. It is the bliss wallpaper from Windows XP. I think what would have done the trick would be to change the font used for the desktop icons. But I don´t think there is a risk free easy way to do that. I am sitting quite far from the screen. That´s why it is a little hard to read those desktop icons, even though I have increased text size to 175%. I can read them fine, don´t get me wrong. But they don´t pop out, like on a darker background. Edited April 29, 2021 by Lord Mushroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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