Change taskbar font color

By aditya_t90
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I need help bigtime.

I just installed windows 7.

How do I change the color of the font in the taskbar?

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In the above image see the word Content.jpg

Its very hard for me to read it :'(

Its giving me a headache.

Is there any fix to make the taskbar font colors black or something like that.

I dont want to change the color of the taskbar.

Only the color of the font.

Please help me.

Its becoming impossible to use windows 7

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My screen is not any different from what i used in vista. :no:

You may be able to see the word content there. Agreed. but I cannot and i am not the only one.

A google search for "change windows 7 taskbar font color" shows that there are a lot of people who want to to this. :blink:

Is there no way just to change the font color? :iiam:

My brightness and contrast is the same that i used in vista

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aditya_t90

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then i can say im sure its ur drivers..

what gpu u got?

Nah its not drivers.

I've got radeon 4850HD GPU

Core2Quad 9400 2.66GHZ

4GB RAM

My PC can handle a lot. Aero is nothing compared to what work I do with my PC :cool:

I ran windows vista aero perfectly.

I am running windows 7 aero also perfectly.

It cannot be drivers.

Its just because of the background colors being white and the text also white, I usually cannot see anything.

If the background color is red like winrar is then I can see clearly.

Let me show you another screenshot

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http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk45/ad.../illegible2.jpg

Now do you understand what I mean?

Look at all the bright sandy yellow

Can you read the word contained inside that folder clearly?

If you stare for a few seconds you will see what it is.

I dont have all the time in the world to just sit and decipher folder names ;)

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Zain Adeel

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ok ok... u mean ur eye sight is little weak rite?

well it can be changed but using VSB.. vista style builder.

and its not for free.

the other fix will be to use small taskbar.. thinner one.. because on that taskbar there is a complete grey tone on the superbar all the time and it will make the yellow color alot darker.. try it :)

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ok ok... u mean ur eye sight is little weak rite?

well it can be changed but using VSB.. vista style builder.

and its not for free.

the other fix will be to use small taskbar.. thinner one.. because on that taskbar there is a complete grey tone on the superbar all the time and it will make the yellow color alot darker.. try it :)

Its not that its weak.

Its just a little hard to read the words sometimes when all the colors are white. :D

Will this vista style builder work for windows 7 and how am i to go about using it? :)

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aditya_t90

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NO NO please don't say so :'(

What will i do?

Is there no solution?

Can someone please help me.

I am pulling out my hair here going crazy :wacko:

Please let there be some sort of solution.

Any kind of fix will do.

Didn't MS realize this while developing windows 7?

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aditya_t90

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Please can someone just make or tell me how to make a theme with the taskbar text black.

It becomes very hard to read.

My gamma contrast and brightness are all stock. ;)

I have never made any changes.

I even tried the calibrate your monitor from control panel.

All the colors are showing properly.

Its not too bright and its not too dim.

Its just nice. :yes:

In the second illegible image(yellow folder) could you read what was written inside of it just by glancing at it?

If you are trying to recreate what i was talking about.

Make the setting to show "Taskbar Buttons : Never Combine"

Then open any folder.

Maximize that folder.

Then mouseover that folder name.

Can you read it just by glancing at it?

Its very hard to distinguish between all the bright yellow and the white text :blink:

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Perfectly readable here. Sounds like the brightness/contrast/gamma settings on your monitor are out of whack, causing your screen to blow out everything to white.
well dude.. i was able to read it from 15 feet away..

it is perfectly fine here..

the only thing that comes to mind is that ur brightness or contrast is messed up..

Woah, have either of you actually stopped to think that maybe this guys eye isn't as good as yours? It's pretty insensitive telling him the text is fine, he asked how to change it because HE can't read it properly.

On a side note aditya_t90, by default that text isn't even shown so how comes you've turned it on?

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Zain Adeel

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well i asked him about his eye.. and he said its pretty normal ..

sorry if i sound rude or something .. but i just wana tell u how easy it is to read over hear so u can compare and tell us if its really like this on ur computer or is the brightness blown up..

and it is turned on by using dont combine option in the taskbar properties.

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MikeChipshop Member

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well i asked him about his eye.. and he said its pretty normal ..

sorry if i sound rude or something ...

No it's fine, sorry if i reacted a bit abruptly but i have really bad eye sight and get sick of people going 'i can see it' when clearly i can't lol :p

and it is turned on by using dont combine option in the taskbar properties.

Yeah no it's cool i know that, i mean, if you can't see the text why turn it on at all :p

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Neowinian

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The bad news: there is no way to change the taskbar font color without third party tools.

I know, it is absurd, but that is the response from a MS tech in another forum.

I'm rethinking this whole windows 7 thing. Why should something so simple be so hard . . .

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Really, the truth is that both of your screenshots are very easy to read by just glancing. If you're having trouble, it's one of two things. Either your eyesight is poor (which I can't really help with), or your monitor settings need adjusting.

Now look, I know you said that the settings are the same as what you used on Vista, and I know that you haven't changed it since you purchased it. However, the problem you're having is one that you can definitely fix by adjusting your monitor. Please at least try this before dismissing the possibility. Look at the screenshot you posted, and play with the brightness, contrast, and gamma settings of your monitor until the text is clearly readable.

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Jesus christ guys. The guy asked how to change the color of the text in the taskbar. I came here looking for an answer as well, but more than half the posts in this thread are about his eye sight. Majority of the posts don't even answer the question.

If the answer is no, then say "No, it can't be done." Don't criticize the guy's eye sight.

Whatever moron suggested its a driver issue is a retard.

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Have you checked out the "Ease of Access Center" in Win7 yet? It provides control over the accessibility features of the OS... I was able to change the look and feel of the taskbar buttons quite a bit, just farting around with it a bit now.

It'll be at the top of the list when you type "ease" into the search field of the Start menu.

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Salgoth

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Have you checked out the "Ease of Access Center" in Win7 yet? It provides control over the accessibility features of the OS... I was able to change the look and feel of the taskbar buttons quite a bit, just farting around with it a bit now.

It'll be at the top of the list when you type "ease" into the search field of the Start menu.

The "Ease of Access Center" won't help the OP - still doesn't let you change the font COLOR - just the size. Although that whole "Ease" screen of adjustments was something I had never played with before and was a pleasant surprise.

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