Windows 10: Post Anniversary Update: System Clock Font Black

I've tried switching themes, changing colours etc. etc. no difference.
What's with this latest "upgrade" that would alter only the colour of the system clock font?

It's happened on both of my Windows 10 installations. I do have the Aerolite theme installed but no settings for dark text, could that be malfunctioning?

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Windows Clock Not Showing on Taskbar on Windows 10

Problem Solved.

A clean boot wasn't required, as the problem is caused by Microsoft changing the clock's font colour to black in its most recent "Anniversary" edition.

Black font on a black background = invisible clock. Does anyone at Microsoft ever check these things before issuing updates?

To return the clock font to white it is necessary to return to a standard Windows theme instead of the personal theme that your machine will have defaulted to if you personalized colours etc.

To change theme and return font to white, navigate as below:

Settings > Themes > Theme Settings.

or

Control Panel > Appearance and Personalisation > Personalisation.

See this thread on www.tenforums.com

Post Anniversary Update: System Clock Font Black Solved - Windows 10 Forums

 

Black Desktop Cloock

I've just installed the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, and switched my taskbar to have small buttons. However, this has switched the desktop clock at the end of the taskbar to have black font, which makes it unreadable. Can anyone fix this?

 

You may be on to something with that aero lite suspicion. This screenshot shows the clock font as being black:

http://winaero.com/blog/enable-the-h...in-windows-10/

 

Thanks, I'll try disabling it from both OS's.

 

I have the same issue but I do not have the aerolite theme installed. Really a strange one.

 

It's very strange that that font would have been white before this big update.
In my case as soon as I selected a Windows theme it was fixed. I deleted the Aerolite theme as I'm unlikely to be using it.
Try re-selecting a theme and see what happens.

 

If you go back to the same page, and scroll down a bit, it shows winaero tweaker has an option to change the font from black to white (with black being the default):

http://winaero.com/blog/enable-the-h...in-windows-10/

 

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll see if it works when I get a chance and the time to twiddle with things.

 

Just selecting a windows theme cured it for me.

 

After update to AU:
Clock on taskbar appears missing, but is not really.
Clock text is black on black background. Click clock position (blank area), clock panel comes up OK.
Taskbar is set for small icons. Change to large icons, now has white text in clock area.
(Settings>Personalization>Taskbar>...Turn off "Use Small Taskbar Buttons")
Small icon clock only has time. Large Icon clock has Time and Date
Not what I wanted, but will work for now.
Need to find where color is in Registry for clock

 

Can also confirm that this resolves the issue.

 

Did not resolve it for me. Clock is still black no matter how many themes I go through.

 

The problem "invisible clock time because of black colour", which came with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, is an AeroLite problem which affects only a few people on a few computers.

If you want to use your own theme (wallpaper/desktop background), not a Windows theme, a circumvention (solution) of this problem without turning off "use small icons on taskbar" is shown here step by step:
windows10forums.com/threads/problem-with-time-in-taskbar-after-fall-update.10668/#post-52907

 

Better Yet.....If you like to Change the font color on the Taskbar/Clock then you should check out ClassicShell.net. Check the Show All Settings box then on the Taskbar tab you will see some great options there and for those who like the 10 Start Menu it can be configured to use it or both menus.