Customize menu bar, scroll bars, etc.


  1. DWFII
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    Customize menu bar, scroll bars, etc.


    In Win 7 you could select elements of the desktop and windows--menu bars, scrollbars, title bars, etc, and change the colour. Is there some way...utility, app, etc.....to do this in Win 10?

    For instance, in most applications, I can hardly see the slider on the scroll bar--it's light grey on a lighter grey.

    And I feel like I have less control over the interface and what I want to see when I get up each morning than I did in Seven.

    Am I missing something...or is Windows 10?

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  3. dalchina
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    Hi, try Superfly's SMACC (free)
    S.M.A.C.C - Superfly's Mouse Assisted Color Chooser

    MS has removed the dialogue that used to be present in Win 7.
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  4. DWFII
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    dalchina said:
    Hi, try Superfly's SMACC (free)
    S.M.A.C.C - Superfly's Mouse Assisted Color Chooser

    MS has removed the dialogue that used to be present in Win 7.
    Thank you. I will look into it.

    That said, I am not familiar with GitHub and am not sure how to DL S.M.A.C.C.. Is there another site where the latest stable release can be found?

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    PS...does SMACC allow recolouring the scroll bars as well? I don't see it in the screen shot.
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  6. dalchina
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    I see your question has been answered on your other thread/post on this topic.
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  7. DWFII
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    Thank you.
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  8. dalchina
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    For instance, in most applications, I can hardly see the slider on the scroll bar--it's light grey on a lighter grey.
    You might find adjusting your graphic card settings helps if there's not enough contrast (it's not a great choice by MS)
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    That's what I see- (when I first got this PC I had to make some small adjustments for the entire screen presentation).
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  9. DWFII
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    Is there any problem...as with some 'add-ons'...that a subsequent update of Windows 10 will erase or re-set S.M.A.C.C's colours and so forth?
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  10. dalchina
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    Hi, these are registry settings. That they are applied by a 3rd party tool is not a consideration here- you could, less conveniently, use a registry editor or .reg files.

    I find the ones I use stay as set.
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  12. Superfly
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    You can backup your settings as a theme file (no wallpaper) or themepack with wallpaper(s)

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    If it does get changed by an update, you can restore settings by launching the saved file.
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  13. DWFII
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