Judy Port wants to change the text color in desktop icon captions. Microsoft doesn’t provide that option, but there’s a trick to turning the default white text to black. You can also turn off ...

Want smaller icons on your PC? This guide shows you how to change desktop icon size in Windows 10 quickly and simply.

I can change the font color for just about every other item, but the desktop icon font seems stuck at white. I can change the font through the Appearance dialog, but not the color.

You can change your desktop icon size on a Windows 10 computer in a few steps. The default icon size is usually medium, but you can adjust it.

In Windows 11/10, by using the Registry and modifying values like BorderWidth, PaddedBorderWidth, IconSpacing, etc. you can customize Desktop Window Metrics.