Windows 10: Windows Borders (Did You Like Them?)

Well, here's some code for a theme that brings borders back, plus a host of other redeeming elements.
I've been testing it for a couple hours, there doesn't seem to be any dire repercussions so far. It's quite nice.
Thanks to rdwray over at W8F for posting this!

Try it yourself, just copy the code and save it in Notepad as a .theme file then apply it. You can re-adjust colors and other elements after.


Code: ; Copyright © Microsoft Corp. [Theme] ; Landscape - IDS_THEME_DISPLAYNAME_THEME2 DisplayName=White Text ThemeId={1FD1C34E-913F-4063-9E06-ED59BB152300} ; Computer - SHIDI_SERVER [CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon] DefaultValue=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-109 ; UsersFiles - SHIDI_USERFILES [CLSID\{59031A47-3F72-44A7-89C5-5595FE6B30EE}\DefaultIcon] DefaultValue=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-123 ; Network - SHIDI_MYNETWORK [CLSID\{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}\DefaultIcon] DefaultValue=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-25 ; Recycle Bin - SHIDI_RECYCLERFULL SHIDI_RECYCLER [CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon] Full=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-54 Empty=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-55 [Control Panel\Desktop] Wallpaper=F:\Backup\Images\Desktop\Wallpaper\Untitled.jpg Pattern= MultimonBackgrounds=0 PicturePosition=4 WallpaperWriteTime=130608824609310204 [Control Panel\Colors] ActiveBorder=180 180 180 ActiveTitle=255 255 225 AppWorkspace=171 171 171 Background=0 0 0 ButtonAlternateFace=255 0 0 ButtonDkShadow=105 105 105 ButtonFace=240 240 240 ButtonHilight=255 255 255 ButtonLight=227 227 227 ButtonShadow=160 160 160 ButtonText=0 0 0 GradientActiveTitle=185 209 234 GradientInactiveTitle=215 228 242 GrayText=109 109 109 Hilight=51 153 255 HilightText=255 255 255 HotTrackingColor=255 0 0 InactiveBorder=244 247 252 InactiveTitle=240 240 240 InactiveTitleText=255 255 255 InfoText=0 0 0 InfoWindow=255 255 225 Menu=240 240 240 MenuBar=240 240 240 MenuHilight=51 153 255 MenuText=0 0 0 Scrollbar=200 200 200 TitleText=255 255 255 Window=255 255 255 WindowFrame=100 100 100 WindowText=0 0 0 [Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics] [VisualStyles] Path=%SystemRoot%\resources\Themes\AeroRP\AeroLite.msstyles ColorStyle=NormalColor Size=NormalSize AutoColorization=0 ColorizationColor=0XC2A15600 VisualStyleVersion=10 [boot] SCRNSAVE.EXE= [MasterThemeSelector] MTSM=RJSPBS [Sounds] ; IDS_SCHEME_DEFAULT SchemeName=Windows Default [Slideshow1] Item0=YBgVAIDAgmmAAcOQZABIAkWbndjLqB3ZAAgPAgAAEAw7+mPQ1Ia+AVjoqAAAAQCzBAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQaA0GAnBwNA4CAqBAcAcGAAAAGAAAA Item1=YBgVAIDA9hVAAcOQZABIAkWbnhjLqB3ZAAgPAgAAEAw7+mPQ1Ia+AVjoqAAAAgCzBAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQaA0GAnBAOA4CAqBAcAcGAAAAGAAAA Item2=YBgVAIDAImhAAcOQZABIAkWbnljLqB3ZAAgPAgAAEAw7+mPQ1Ia+AVjoqAAAA8CzBAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQaA0GAnBQOA4CAqBAcAcGAAAAGAAAA [Slideshow2] Item0=aBAWAIDA2QaAAcOQZABIAkWbnFDMuoGcnBAQAgAAEAw7+mPQ1Ia+AVjoqAAAAY7yBAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQaA0GAnBQMAADAuAgaAAHAnBAAAgBAAAA Item1=aBAWAIDAI/SAAcOQZABIAkWbnFTMuoGcnBAQAgAAEAw7+mPQ1Ia+AVjoqAAAAY8yBAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQaA0GAnBQMAEDAuAgaAAHAnBAAAgBAAAA Item2=aBAWAIDAZZeAAcOQZABIAkWbnFjMuoGcnBAQAgAAEAw7+mPQ1Ia+AVjoqAAAA89yBAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQaA0GAnBQMAIDAuAgaAAHAnBAAAgBAAAA[/quote]



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change the thickness of the window frames in Windows 10.

suppose you open few CMD (command lines) windows.

if they are partly overlaps, you actually can NOT see the border between them. the border width is zero, in Windows 10.

i want to make a clear, visual frame around any window. like previous versions of Windows: windows 7 and backwards.

there is a similar question in this form, but all the people that tried to help, actually did NOT understand the question.

i do not like the "elegant" look of the frames in windows 10. this is not practical. windows should be framed to distinguish from each other.

thank you

 

Windows 10 how to get rid of thick colored borders!!!

Actually no i did not restart i signed out like the steps said, do you think that not restarting could've been the issue that the border did not change?

 

Lots of XPish styles and buttons in this theme:







and back and forward buttons in File Explorer that I can actually see! *Smile





Pretty cool so far. More to come, probably.

 

Yea windows boarder are missed
They ultimately for me showed where the bottom of the page was because allot of third party utilities... opened full height ignoring the taskbar completely NVidia experience is a good example which completely ignores the taskbar.

Meaning Next or Apply/ Okay were out of sight,
That's another thing I'm not liking in 10 the lack of apply and or save changes buttons in just about every settings page.
And the lack of prompt that you need to restart for changes to be applied.