Windows 10: Wordpad default hilight colors - how to change them ?

Hello,

Wordpad has "horrible" default hilight colors (too vivid for my eyes)... And I would like to change them to a set of less vivid colors.

The program does not allow to change the default hilight colors, at least in a simple way.

Could anyone help me to force such a change ?

Just in case, I use WordPad to create notes in "rtf".

Have a nice day

:)

 

How to change the highlight color properly / permanently?

Hi folks.

I'm trying to change the highlight color Win10 is using to highlight text and other objects.

As far as I could figure it out, the default value is (r0 g120 b215), the "standard Win10 blue", which is stored in the registry here:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors\Hilight

Editing this key can be done manually or by using third party tools (e.g. "Classic Color Panel" from WinTools), changes take effect after restarting the Windows explorer - so far so good.

Now comes the strange part: The old/default color comes back after a user is logged off and on again, or after the system was hibernated. After rebooting the modified color is there again.

This problem occurs/occurred so far in all version (build 1507 to 1709) and editions (home and pro).

Any suggestions how to change the highlight color properly (and permanently)?

Greets,

Alucard

 

printing from word pad

Did you by any chance change the default font color (in Wordpad) from black to something else, and that your color cartridge has dried out? In that case it just spits out a blank page.

If that's not the case, see if disabling Advanced Printing Features in Printer Properties helps. Steps are here:

PaperCut KB | Disabling Advanced Printing Features

 

- do you mean the colour (bluish) highlighting the first text?

Could you post a screenshot please?
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Hi, thanks for attention.
No, I mean the hilight colors set by default.
Check the picture.




The one I point with a circle ... are the ones I would like to change.

;-)

 

Thanks. Well, as the normal full palette isn't available, you might like to consider using an alternative program that does..

For example, Polyedit lite does, and is tabbed, and doesn't have the line spacing problem Wordpad seems to have.

 

Thanks Dalchina !

PolyEdit is a very nice text editor, and it seems to be working well despite the end of developpement in 2010.

Better than Wordpad or AbiWord or any current alternatives for my usage.

So, one could say my "problem" is "half" solved, but I will mark it as solved.

;-)