Windows 10: Windowed Mode Frame/Border Colour

Hi All,Quick question, hoping someone can help - I want to change the colour of the frame when in windowed mode. The frame/border I want to change is the example blue above.This is not controlled by colour selection in Personalise -> Colours -> Title bars and window borders. Maybe because this is in XP SP3 Compatibility Mode? Either way, anyone know how to change this?Thanks in advance!

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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.

 

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.

 

How Do I Fix the File Explorer Window Border in the Light App Mode?

Hi Donny,

the problem is that the light mode windows in your first screenshot do have a border, but it is white and merges with the window background.

in dark mode the border is black but the window background is dark grey, so the border is still visible.

i'm afraid that the only way is to change the accent colour to something other than black or white.

make sure that "automatically pick an accent colour from my background" is not ticked.

then choose a colour from the palette a mid grey might be easy on the eye.

hope that is of some help.