Windows 10: Folder titles disappear

Discus and support Folder titles disappear in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; One feature of my recently installed PC with Win 10 (replacing 15 years with XP) is this light-grey-on-white title text for inactive folders. It's not... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Terrypin, Jul 3, 2016.

  1. Terrypin Win User

    Folder titles disappear


    One feature of my recently installed PC with Win 10 (replacing 15 years with XP) is this light-grey-on-white title text for inactive folders. It's not doing my eyesight any favours.

    But worse, it disappears altogether here after some time, maybe 15 mins.


    Folder titles disappear [​IMG]


    Do others get this behaviour?

    More important, is there a setting change I can make to fix it please?

    --
    Terry, East Grinstead, UK

    :)
     
    Terrypin, Jul 3, 2016
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  2. ZeyanLu Win User

    Folder in an external USB hard disk disappeared after upgrading to Windows 10.

    Original Title: folder in an external USB NTFS hard disk , disappeared

    I use a portable USB HD ( 2T size, NTFS file system ). backup some files and folders to it.

    then upgrade my laptop to windows10 ( previous is windows 7)

    then connect the USB hard disk to my win10 laptop, a folder disappeared.

    How to recovery the disappeared folder ?
     
    ZeyanLu, Jul 3, 2016
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  3. RMarsch Win User
    Disappearing Titles

    So I got the WP7 (Quantum) free from AT&T. All I had to do was blog about it Folder titles disappear :) (They discontinued the program, sadly) I used to have the iPhone (gave it to my son) and I have to say, I think I love this phone more then the iPhone!!!!! Never
    thought that was possible!

    One thing though...sometimes my tiles go blank, does this happen to anyone else? And on the app page, there is just a black square with a white circle in the middle! Does not happen often, but the last time it did, I had to hard restore it.


     
    RMarsch, Jul 3, 2016
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  4. philc43 Win User

    Folder titles disappear

    You can improve the appearance and readability a little by changing the colour of the inactive title bar. To do this follow the tutorial below:

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

    Have a try with different colours until you find one that works better for you.
     
    philc43, Jul 3, 2016
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  5. Terrypin Win User
    Thanks Phil, I'll try that when I get back to PC. But if that only shows how to change title background, hard to see how any colour could be better than white?

    On day 1 I did change the active title bars to blue, from the default white.

    So is there no way to change text font style or colour independently?

    Terry, East Grinstead, UK
     
    Terrypin, Jul 3, 2016
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  6. philc43 Win User
    The colour of the text of the inactive title bar is by default a faded version of the active title bar text. You can change this text colour as follows:

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

    Hope fully you can find a combination of colours that works better for you. A lot of this is personal preference and can depend on factors such as whether you have any colour blindness, whether you monitor is correctly set up, etc. etc.
     
    philc43, Jul 3, 2016
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  7. Terrypin Win User
    Thanks Phil. The registry currently shows Inactive Text set to 0 0 0, which is BLACK. Yet as you see from my screeenshot, the title 'Startup' is light grey! Something not right somewhere? What colour are others' inactive titles?

    Maybe this is down to font style and/or size in some way? All I did with that word BLACK above was to make its style bold, yet it plainly looks blacker.

    BTW, what font is being used here in this composition window? I assumed Arial, but this is Arial 3 and this is Arial 2 but neither are the same as the original, i.e. before I started changing sizes. And when I select some of the original, such as 'Maybe this is down...', the font type is not shown!

    --
    Terry, East Grinstead, UK
     
    Terrypin, Jul 3, 2016
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  8. philc43 Win User

    Folder titles disappear

    When the inactive and active are set to be the same colour the inactive uses a faded version. Try changing the colour using the colour table reference given in the tutorial and experiment. The inactive title bar text colour may always be a faded version of what you select.

    I have no idea about the fonts and sizes and how this forum has been setup to display, the default is probably something other than Arial.
     
    philc43, Apr 4, 2018
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