"Ron" <ron@flymail.fm> wrote in message
news:%23rJ5RusyFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:ukolfbsyFHA.2932@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> You can customize the color of your watched messages to make them stand
>> out.
>> On the Tools menu, click Options. On the Read tab, at the end of the
>> Highlight watched messages with the color line, select the color you
>> want,
>> and then click OK.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:uii3lOqyFHA.3864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
>> Ron <ron@flymail.fm> hunted and pecked:
>>> Hi in Outlook Express in the left hand pane where the newsgroup titles
>>> are
>>> when it is first highlighted the highlight is blue but when I then
>>> highlight a message subject the highlight then becomes a very light
>>> grey.
>>> Also when composing a message such as this one any highlighted message
>>> subject also becomes a very light grey. How can I change this colour to
>>> a
>>> darker grey or to another colour? Windows XP Pro with SP2 and a slightly
>>> modified windows scheme but I still cannot change the colour.
>>> Thanks Ron
>
>
> That is not what I require. Is there a newsgroup that I can post a picture
> of what I want to change or will I post it here?
>
> Ron
>
>

I know exactly what you're talking about; I had the same desire on my
laptop, although it looked fine to me on other computers. You need to go to
the display properties, the appearance tab, and fiddle around in there.
Seems to me the highlighting is tied to some other object, so it wasn't
obvious what to change. Sorry I can't be more specific, it's been some time
since I made the changes.

And it might be that you can only make the changes if you're using the
Windows classic style, but I'm not sure on that.

Good luck.