Windows 10: Colored Title Bars (Thanks to Edwin/Brink)

Hey, so with help from Edwin on how he made his custom dark theme for his Windows 10 layout, which he gave me tips in this post here:
Windows 10 build 10162 Released - Page 25 - Windows 10 Forums

I decided to play around with the code he posted and I made a theme code that gives COLORED title bars and that cool little Windows 8 border around the Windows that we had in W8. (Edwin has this too). Since you cannot customize W10 anymore with colors and title bars I took matter into my own hands to make the O/S more easier on the eyes for those that hate the plain white title bars everywhere. This will work on all Windows, except for all the CRAPPs (APP store). They will still have the white border on top with colored sides. Nothing I can do about that. But that doesn't bother me since I won't be using them and with help from KARI I got rid of a majority of them via powershell command. (Thanks Kari). I tell you getting rid of the apps makes the O/S that much better.

Please note that this is a WIP, and if I can iron out what causes the other settings I will let you know. So far what this does is bring color back to the title bars of Windows, however its not a 100% match. But that shouldn't bother anyone.

Bugs or what it doesn't do:

• Doesn't change the white border for APPS but gives them side borders.
• Text on the taskbar changes from white to black instead of staying white.
• Color doesn't match 100%, there is a slight visual difference.

I will show some screenshots and post. If anyone is interested in me posting the .ZIP for this, please let me know as I don't want to go against forum rules. You can edit the .theme file via notepad and if you can iron those things out, even better and thanks for the help.

I'm still trying to figure out how to keep the text white at the task bar (because it changes to black) but that only happens when you change taskbar buttons to: Combine when full. If you leave it at Hide all labels then you are fine. That's the little problem I'm having right now.

Thanks to Edwin for the tips, Shawn for Personalization (Classic) Menu, Brink for posting links/tips, Kari for powershell command to rid of apps. Appreciate all the help from you guys.

Thanks.

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Title bars not colored correctly.

I have Windows 10 set to automatically pick an accent color from my background, which is a slideshow that changes every ten minutes. The problem I am having, however, is that now and again the title bars (not the taskbar or anything else affected by the
accent color) will become grey and will only change if I manually click "Next desktop background" a few times. This was not the case before I updated to the Anniversary update yesterday, where the accent color feature was working as intended.

 

Title bars not colored correctly.

Hi,

In some cases, if the wallpaper transition animation fails for some reason the color change will not occur. You can work around this by unticking "Animate controls and elements inside windows" option at the top of the Performance Options in Control panel.

You may also try to perform a clean boot. Please refer to this
LINK for the steps.

If you need further assistance, feel free to post.

 

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My 'GMG' Theme, (Gun Metal Grey)
Gotta use UXStyle to get white title bar text though!

 

Looks sleek. I like it. At least we are able to customize it. Last step is to somehow increase the font size of the Start Menu, or at least bold the text. I don't like the 8pt Start Menu at 1920x1080p.

 

I'm currently working on a version of this that will just use a modified aerolite.theme that can be installed for current or all users.

It's working great, but performs the same as above. I should have a tutorial up for this later today. I'll post back with a link when it's ready.

 

Cool, thanks that sounds great *Smile. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

PS. What is the difference between aero & aerolite theme?

 

*Thumbs

 

Ok, tutorial all finished.

I had modified the aerolite.theme file to basically be no different than the aero.theme file other than now having the selected color be applied to window borders and title bars.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...dows-10-a.html

It was modified from the tutorial below for this.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ite-theme.html

 

Works in 10166. *Thumbs

 

Thank you for the confirmation, that is much appreciated to know it has not been disabled.

 

Does this make the title bars different color for active and inactive windows?

 

No, but it fades the title itself, least on my machine.

 

*Ditto
text goes from black to grey in title bar for inactive
border is lighter in inactive