Windows 10 how to change clock color. Change window background color with high contrast options
In the initial Windows versions 10 there were no functions that allow you to change the background color or title of the window (but this could be done using the registry editor), at the current time, such functions are present in the Windows 10 Creators Update, but are quite limited. Also appeared third party programs for working with window colors in the new OS (however, they are also quite limited).
See below for details on how to change the window title and background colors in several ways. See also: , .
Another question that is often asked is how to change the background of a window (its background color). In particular, some users find it difficult to work in Word and other office programs on a white background.
There are no convenient built-in tools for changing the background in Windows 10, but if necessary, you can use the following methods.
Change window background color with high contrast options
The first option is to use the built-in high contrast theme customization tools. To access them, you can go to Options - Accessibility - High Contrast (or click "High Contrast Options" on the color settings page discussed above).
In the High Contrast Theme Options window, by clicking on the "Background" color, you can choose your own background color for Windows 10 windows, which will be applied after clicking the "Apply" button. An approximate possible result is in the screenshot below.
Unfortunately, this method does not allow you to affect only the background without changing appearance other window elements.
Using Classic Color Panel
Another way to change the window background color (and other colors) is the third-party utility Classic Color Panel, available for download on the developer's website. wintools.info
After starting the program (the first time you start it, you will be prompted to save the current settings, I recommend doing this), change the color in the “Window” item and click Apply in the program menu: you will be logged out, and after the next login the settings will be applied.
The disadvantage of this method is that the color of not all windows changes (changing other colors in the program also works selectively).
Setting your own color for decoration
Although the list of colors available in the settings is quite wide, it does not cover all possible options and it is likely that someone will want to choose their own window color (black, for example, which is not in the list).
You can do this in one and a half ways (since the second one works very strangely). First of all - with the help of the editor Windows Registry 10.
In a strange way, not all colors work: for example, black does not work, the code for which is 0 (or 000000 ), you have to use something like 010000 . And this is not the only option that I could not get to work.
Moreover, as far as I could understand, BGR is used as color encoding, not RGB - this does not matter if you use black or grayscale, however, if it is something "color", then you will have to swap two extreme numbers. That is, if the palette program shows you the color code FAA005, then in order to get the orange color of the window, you need to enter 05A0FA(tried to also show it in the picture).
Color changes are applied immediately - just remove the focus (click on the desktop, for example) from the window and then return to it again (if it did not work, log out and log in again).
The second method, which changes colors is not always predictable and sometimes not for what is needed (for example, black color is applied only to the borders of the window), plus everything slows down the computer - using the control panel applet hidden in Windows 10 (apparently, its use in new OS is not recommended).
You can launch it by pressing the Win + R keys on your keyboard and typing rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,Advanced,@Advanced then press Enter.
After that, adjust the color as you like and click "Save Changes". As I said, the result may differ from what you expected.
Changing the color of an inactive window
By default, inactive windows in Windows 10 stay white even if you change the colors. However, you can make your own color for them. Go to the registry editor, as described above, in the same section HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ DWM
Right-click on the right side and select "New" - "32-bit DWORD Value", then give it a name AccentColorInactive and double click on it. In the Value field, enter a color for inactive window in the same way as it was described in the first method of choosing arbitrary colors for Windows 10 windows.
Video instruction
In conclusion - a video that shows all the main points outlined above.
In my opinion, he described everything that is possible on this topic. I hope some of my readers find this information useful.
Few people know that Windows 10 has one useful feature - displaying the current day of the week next to the date and time. This feature is especially useful for those users who often have a question - what day is it today? Our next instruction will help to close it once and for all, and this does not require serious knowledge of the computer and any additional software.
1) First of all, you need to open the Control Panel. To do this, right-click on the Start button, or call the menu with the WIN + X key combination. We select the item we need and in the window that opens, in the "Clock, language and region" section, we find the link " Changing date, time, and number formats»:
3) In the next window, the first step is to go to the tab " the date". Now you can start adding the day of the week to the system tray. To do this, in the "Short Date" at the very beginning, write three English letters ddd separated by a space from the default value. After making changes, click " Apply” and “OK”, the result will be instantly reflected on the screen:
4) By the way, the day can be indicated in abbreviated form, as well as in full, for this you already need to add four letters dddd, then for example instead of "Tue" "Tuesday" will be displayed.
Windows 10 defaults to the Start Menu, Taskbar, and Action Center using black. Although the default black color looks pretty nice and goes well with the default wallpaper, after some time on Windows 10, you might want to change the color of the taskbar to the color you want. Microsoft has included a number of options to customize the taskbar and start menu in Windows 10. You can make the start menu and taskbar transparent, add or remove a search box from the taskbar, and customize the taskbar to use the desktop background color or set your own color.
So if you get bored with the black color of the taskbar, you can customize the color of your choice or customize the taskbar to use a color that matches the wallpaper. The only catch in Windows 10 is that you can't set different colors for tasks, center actions, and start menu, and what's more, taskbar and start menu color will have accent color and vice versa. For the uninitiated, the accent color is the color used in app settings, the start button, and some other areas in Windows 10. The accent color is also the window border color.
Change taskbar color in Windows 10
To change the color of the taskbar in Windows 10, follow the steps mentioned in one of the two methods below.
Method 1 of 2
Change the color of the taskbar to the desired one
Step 1: Right-click on the desktop and select Personalization, the personalization option is located in the application settings section.
Step 2: In the left panel, click Colors look various options.
Step 3: On the right side, turn on the marking option Show color in Start, Taskbar and Action Center. Make sure the first labeled option Automatically pick up an accent color from my background installed on off.
Step 4: Now, so that you can choose an accent color, click on the tile to select and set it as the color for the taskbar, Start menu, and Action Center.
Method 2 of 2
Change taskbar color to match desktop background
Step 1: In the application settings section, open the Personalization component. Do so, right-click on the desktop and then click the button Personalization.
Step 2: On the left side, click Colors.
Step 3: Now, on the right side, enable the following options:
# Automatically pick up an accent color from my background
# Show color in Start, Taskbar and Action Center.
Now whenever you decide to change the desktop background and the color of the taskbar and start menu will also change automatically.
Note: as of now, no software to install different colors for the Start Menu and Taskbar in Windows 10. We will update this article if or when the developer ships software to customize individual colors for the taskbar and start menu in Windows 10.
