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    How to Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance in Windows 10

    Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Information Users can change their color and appearance settings in Windows 10 to choose an choose default app mode to light or dark theme.

    This tutorial will show you how to allow or prevent changing color and appearance for specific or all users in Windows 10.

    You must be signed in as an administrator to allow or prevent changing color and appearance.

    Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Warning You will need to activate Windows before you can personalize your PC.

    CONTENTS:
    • Option One: To Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance in Local Group Policy Editor
    • Option Two: To Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance using a REG file

    EXAMPLE: Colors Settings when Prevented

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    OPTION ONE [/i] To Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance in Local Group Policy Editor
    Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Note The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

    All editions can use Option Two below.

    1. Open the all users except administrators Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied.

    2. In the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor, click/tap on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Control Panel, and Personalization. (See screenshot below)

    Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    3. In the right pane of Personalization, double click/tap on Prevent changing color and appearance to edit it. (see screenshot above)

    4. Do step 5 (allow) or step 6 (prevent) below for what you would like to do.


    5. To Allow Changing Color and Appearance
    A) Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

    NOTE: Not Configured is the default setting.

    6. To Prevent Changing Color and Appearance
    A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)


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    7. When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.





    OPTION TWO [/i] To Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance using a REG file

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    Note The .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry keys below.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

    NoDispAppearancePage DWORD

    (delete) = Allow
    1 = Prevent

    1. Do step 2 (allow) or step 3 (prevent) below for what you would like to do.


    2. To Allow Changing Color and Appearance for All Users
    NOTE: This is the default setting.
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Allow_changing_color_and_appearance.reg

    Download

    3. To Prevent Changing Color and Appearance for All Users
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Prevent_changing_color_and_appearance.reg

    Download
    4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

    5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

    6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

    7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


    That's it,
    Shawn


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    Brink, Aug 31, 2017
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  2. Window background color - I don't appear to be able to do this on windows 10 as the change color scheme bit isn't there.

    Hi Anton,

    Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

    I suggest you to follow the below steps to change color scheme for Windows 10 and check if it helps.

    • Right click on “Desktop screen”.
    • Then click on “Personalize”.
    • Click on “Colors”.
    • And change the color accordingly.

    Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.



     
    Karthicka_R, Oct 26, 2019
    #2
  3. Changing the taskbar color to white in Windows 10

    Hi Michael,

    Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. Your interest in Windows 10 is much appreciated.

    In Windows 10 there is no option for changing the color to white but you can change it to different colors. To change the color of the task bar I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

    • In the search box, type settings.
    • Then select personalization.
    • Click on color option on the left side.
    • You will find an option called “show color on start, taskbar and start icon”.
    • You need to on the option and then you can change the color accordingly.
    Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.
     
    Karthicka_R, Oct 26, 2019
    #3
  4. Allow or Prevent Changing Color and Appearance in Windows 10

    Active window taskbar icon color stand out windows 10

    Hi Joechalfoun,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    I would suggest you to follow these steps and check if it helps:

    • Right click on the desktop, click on personalize.
    • Click on Windows Color, and click on advance appearance settings.
    • Under Windows color and appearance, click on the drop down arrow under item.
    • You can select Active title bar, Active Windows border etc, and change the size and color you want.
    • If you want different color, then click on color and click on others so that you can create your own color.
    • Once you finish making the changes click on apply and then ok.
    I suggest you to post your valuable suggestions in Windows feedback app. So, that developers will try to implement it in future Windows 10 Builds to enhance user experience.

    Keep us posted on the status of the issue and I’ll be glad to assist you further.



     
    Rakesh Narayanaswamy, Oct 26, 2019
    #4
  5. Sumit Dhiman2, Oct 26, 2019
    #5
  6. How to change taskbar colors in Windows 10

    Hi Shyla,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft community.

    I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and check if it helps.

    • Click on Start>Settings>Personalization.
    • In the left pane, click on Colors.
    • Make the required changes and close the Settings window.

    Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, Oct 26, 2019
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