How to add other colors besides white and black?

dalchina said:

How can you add other colours?

Thinking beyond the start menu and taskbar: there are some things you can do that are stable and relatively easy; I've never worried about the Start Menu though as I use Open Shell (free) mostly.



Background colours: explorer-related: Qttabbar by Quizo (free) - does much more than just allow you to change colours. Many features. Occasional updates.

Other backgrounds: a simple widely published regedit.

Also see the free tool SMACC by member Superfly. (Google)

Thanks, but these programs corrupt Windows and do not give the desired result

dalchina said:

corrupt? really? on what evidence? I and others have been using Qttabbar for a long time.

As for the background registry changes, these were what were available in Win 7 in a dialogue that disappeared in Win 8.

Perhaps you should write to Satya Nadella laying out your specific requirements for the GUI.

And you should certainly tell @Superfly that you think his program 'corrupts' Windows.

Good luck.

This program does not do what I want it to do
My request is clear!

Fabler2 said:

I'm not sure what you need but there's a custom colour box in settings and a couple of settings for the accent colour that you can create.

Windows background color:

Raeeka said:

...My request is clear!

Your request is NOT clear!

There is a host of areas within Windows who's elements are governed by thousands of registry entries, dynamic library listings, visual element manifests, etc.

Raeeka said:

Windows background color...

If you are referring to the background of the screenshot you posted in bright red, your out of luck!
You get Light and Dark, period.