This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs,w32 package: #1032: foreground-color in default-frame-alist affects tooltips, while background-color does not It has been closed by "Juanma Barranquero" . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact "Juanma Barranquero" by replying to this email. -- 1032: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1032 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems