Set AltColor, a type REG_BINARY value name to the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) equivalent of the prefered color. Example:
white would be ffffff00. You would set this value at:
HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
You can also set it at:
HKEY_USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
If you want to set it for each user, you can run regedit /s compclr.reg in a login script. Compclr.reg would contain:
REGEDIT4
\[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\]
"AltColor"=hex:rr,gg,bb,00
where rr is the Red component, gg is the Green component, and bb is the Blue component.
You will have to logoff/logon for the change to take affect.
Here is a table of common colors:
| Color | Red | Green | Blue |
| white | ff | ff | ff |
| red | ff | 00 | 00 |
| yellow | ff | ff | 00 |
| green | 00 | ff | 00 |
| cyan | 00 | ff | ff |
| blue | 00 | 00 | ff |
| magenta | ff | 00 | ff |
| brown | a5 | 2a | 2a |
| black | 00 | 00 | 00 |
| JSI burgundy | 99 | 00 | 00 |
