

The Settings window appeared I then navigated to "Themes" on the left hand side of the window.I right-clicked an empty space on Jerry's desktop, then selected the "Personalize".That's when it hit me - resetting the theme would likely fix the issue. I know for a fact that when you install Windows 10 it will automatically generate a 'theme' of colors based on the theme of your previous Windows installation - assuming you've done an upgrade. One thing that struck me as being very odd was that Jerry's File Explorer windows were also very dark.

I decided to go back to Jerry's user account to see if I could somehow adjust the task bar settings.

The task bar was back to normal - but only using the Administrator account. I enabled the administrator account using an administrative command prompt, then logged out of Jerry's account and signed in as Administrator. When I first connected with Jerry I noticed that the task bar text was very dark and it almost appeared as if his clock was missing.Ī few possibilities went through my mind: one of them being that his user account may have corrupted during the upgrade, which is actually quite common. How to Fix: Windows 10 Taskbar Unreadable (Text too Dark)

I asked Jerry if he would like me to connect to his system using my remote desktop support service in order to have a closer look, and he agreed.īelow I will discuss my findings. I have tried adjusting font colors and other things but it makes no difference. I have searched Google for ' windows 10 taskbar unreadable' and 'windows 10 task bar font black' and 'windows 10 task bar text too dark', and similar searches, but I can seem to nail this one down. I have another Windows 10 machine that I use daily and I can clearly see the writing on the task bar. The Windows 10 task bar is very difficult to read - especially the clock and any running tasks. Everything went fine without a hitch, except for one small issue. With Windows 7 reaching end of life in January 2020, I decided to upgrade my machine to Windows 10.
