Once  week we pull some of the more interesting questi*** from our reader mailbag and share the soluti*** with you. Today we’re looking at changing icon font color in Windows, searching networked drives, and removing photo backgrounds.

Changing the Windows 7 Font Color

Dear How-To Geek,

Can you tell me or do you have a way to change the ‘letter’ color in the desktop short cut ic***?  White is Windows 7 default color and there seem no way to change this color.  White get ‘lost’ in many of the wallpaper backgrounds.  Black would be a better choice.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Color Shifting in California

亲爱的色变，

实际上，你什么都没缺。在WindowsXP和早期版本的Windows中，您可以主动地将图标文本颜色更改为所需的任何颜色。在WindowsVista和Windows7中，情况并非如此。默认字体为带阴影的白色。理想情况下，这应该出现在任何事情上。现实地说，如果你用光背景，它不会显示得很好。

你可以很容易地，如果在一个相当复杂的方式，解决这个问题。首先你需要关掉阴影。导航到“控制面板”->“系统”，然后在“系统属性”菜单下向下滚动并取消选中“对桌面上的图标标签使用阴影”-此项几乎应位于列表的底部。

返回控制面板，导航至个性化–>窗口颜色–>高级外观设置，然后在项目菜单中选择桌面。在那里你可以选择一个新的桌面颜色。这不会改变你的墙纸，但会改变墙纸下面的背景色。如果您想要白色文本，请将其更改为黑色；如果您想要黑色文本，请将其更改为白色。不幸的是，更改不会立即生效，您需要重新启动。选择白色会将桌面文字改为黑色，然后，不管你在桌面上贴什么样的墙纸，它都会保持这种状态。希望有帮助！

从windows搜索网络驱动器

Dear How-To Geek,

I have a networked attached storage (NAS) drive on my network. I’d really like to be able to use something like Voidtools ‘Search Everything’ to be able to find things quickly on it. However, I have found a distinct lack of support for searching or indexing network attached storage drives. Is the only option to force myself into creating a very easy to navigate file system, and forgo search tools? Or is there an option that I just have not been able to find yet?

Sincerely,

File Searching in Phoenix

亲爱的文件搜索，

你说得对，你不能什么都用。所有内容都访问本地NTFS文件表，因此仅限于搜索本地NTFS格式的驱动器。为了在网络上享受快速搜索的乐趣，你必须雇用某种索引器。它不会像所有的东西一样快（因为所有的东西都是即时的，这要感谢它能做的快速引用），但是它仍然应该适合你的需要。你可能想看看Locate32，一个支持网络驱动器的本地搜索索引应用程序。

用photoshop删除背景图像

Dear How-To Geek,

I’m hoping you can help me. Somehow, at work, I got roped into removing the backgrounds for some images destined for our online product catalog. I have no idea how this happened as I have a very rudimentary set of Photoshop skills. I have no idea where to start and I need to get this project done within the month. Help! How can I easily remove photo backgrounds? Most of them have fairly simply backgrounds. Where do I start?

Sincerely,

Photoshop Tripping in Pennsylvania

亲爱的Photoshop Tripping，

你很幸运。今年早些时候，我们在Photoshop中收集了一整套去除照片背景的技术。从复杂到简单，您将找到一种方法来移除教程中的几乎所有背景。你可能还想看看如何创建一个Photoshop动作删除背景和如何删除复杂的背景在这里。