Windows 10: Active window taskbar icon colours lighter than set appearance colour

Discus and support Active window taskbar icon colours lighter than set appearance colour in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Is there a way to change this? submitted by /u/shua-12 [link] [comments]... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/shua-12, May 12, 2020.

  1. /U/SHUA-12
    /u/shua-12 Win User

    Active window taskbar icon colours lighter than set appearance colour

    /u/shua-12, May 12, 2020
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  2. MO GOLF
    mo golf Win User

    Change taskbar colour

    How do I change the taskbar colour to a lighter colour on windows 10?
     
    mo golf, May 12, 2020
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  3. FENESTRIX
    Fenestrix Win User
    Independent taskbar and window border colours?


    One of the things I find most annoying about Windows 7, being a long-time XP user, is the lack of independent colour settings for the various GUI elements, for example, the taskbar, active window title bar and active window border colours are not separately settable. I see no reason whatsoever why this has to be so - XP offered far, far more flexibility in this respect.

    As far as I can see, we still have the same situation with Windows 10. It appears to be impossible to have the taskbar a different colour to the active window title bar and border. It is even impossible to get the taskbar to be a solid colour - it is always transparent. There is not even a Windows 7-like opacity control. A massive step backwards in user personalisation control.

    And why doe the window border have to be so thin? I can hardly see it at all.
     
    Fenestrix, May 12, 2020
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  4. GROZE
    groze Win User

    Active window taskbar icon colours lighter than set appearance colour

    Independent taskbar and window border colours?


    Actually, there is in Windows 7 but you have to choose the windows classic theme to get that option (I think).

    I am not sure on this, the only way to save your current theme, is to upgrade to windows 10 from windows 7 but I don't know if that really works or not. I have not tested it that much. I am going to try a registry setting to see if that will work. I am dual booting with windows 7.
     
    groze, May 12, 2020
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