Make Windows 10 Start Menu icons' & tiles' background transparent
In Windows 10, icons and start menu tiles are drawn on top of a bounding rectangle of their size that acts as background and is colored using the accent color, whereas in Windows 7 and prior, there was no such background.
In my opinion, displaying nearly every icon/tile with the same color is a bad design choice and does not appeal to me at all.
Is it possible to make the background of icons transparent?
Or at least change the background color to black (which is not available as accent color) or use an image as background (as in the mobile version)?
Tiles that do have a transparent background should probably have some thin outline, but this seems impossible more than ever.
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asked Feb 21 '17 at 18:14
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In Windows 10, icons and start menu tiles are drawn on top of a bounding rectangle of their size that acts as background and is colored using the accent color, whereas in Windows 7 and prior, there was no such background.
In my opinion, displaying nearly every icon/tile with the same color is a bad design choice and does not appeal to me at all.
Is it possible to make the background of icons transparent?
Or at least change the background color to black (which is not available as accent color) or use an image as background (as in the mobile version)?
Tiles that do have a transparent background should probably have some thin outline, but this seems impossible more than ever.
windows-10
asked Feb 21 '17 at 18:14
xoxox
11518
Have you tried any of the start menu replacements that exists for Windows 10?
– Ramhound
Feb 21 '17 at 18:18
Like Classic Start Menu? Yes, but I prefer the Windows 10 style Start Menu with animation, tiles and transparent, glass like background. It also has different features...
– xoxox
Feb 21 '17 at 18:21
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In Windows 10, icons and start menu tiles are drawn on top of a bounding rectangle of their size that acts as background and is colored using the accent color, whereas in Windows 7 and prior, there was no such background.
In my opinion, displaying nearly every icon/tile with the same color is a bad design choice and does not appeal to me at all.
Is it possible to make the background of icons transparent?
Or at least change the background color to black (which is not available as accent color) or use an image as background (as in the mobile version)?
Tiles that do have a transparent background should probably have some thin outline, but this seems impossible more than ever.
windows-10
asked Feb 21 '17 at 18:14
xoxox
11518
In Windows 10, icons and start menu tiles are drawn on top of a bounding rectangle of their size that acts as background and is colored using the accent color, whereas in Windows 7 and prior, there was no such background.
In my opinion, displaying nearly every icon/tile with the same color is a bad design choice and does not appeal to me at all.
Is it possible to make the background of icons transparent?
Or at least change the background color to black (which is not available as accent color) or use an image as background (as in the mobile version)?
Tiles that do have a transparent background should probably have some thin outline, but this seems impossible more than ever.
windows-10
windows-10
asked Feb 21 '17 at 18:14
xoxox
11518
asked Feb 21 '17 at 18:14
xoxox
11518
edited Feb 21 '17 at 18:25
asked Feb 21 '17 at 18:14
xoxox
11518
asked Feb 21 '17 at 18:14
xoxox
11518
asked Feb 21 '17 at 18:14
xoxox
11518
11518
Have you tried any of the start menu replacements that exists for Windows 10?
– Ramhound
Feb 21 '17 at 18:18
Like Classic Start Menu? Yes, but I prefer the Windows 10 style Start Menu with animation, tiles and transparent, glass like background. It also has different features...
– xoxox
Feb 21 '17 at 18:21
add a comment |
Have you tried any of the start menu replacements that exists for Windows 10?
– Ramhound
Feb 21 '17 at 18:18
Like Classic Start Menu? Yes, but I prefer the Windows 10 style Start Menu with animation, tiles and transparent, glass like background. It also has different features...
– xoxox
Feb 21 '17 at 18:21
Have you tried any of the start menu replacements that exists for Windows 10?
– Ramhound
Feb 21 '17 at 18:18
Have you tried any of the start menu replacements that exists for Windows 10?
– Ramhound
Feb 21 '17 at 18:18
Like Classic Start Menu? Yes, but I prefer the Windows 10 style Start Menu with animation, tiles and transparent, glass like background. It also has different features...
– xoxox
Feb 21 '17 at 18:21
Like Classic Start Menu? Yes, but I prefer the Windows 10 style Start Menu with animation, tiles and transparent, glass like background. It also has different features...
– xoxox
Feb 21 '17 at 18:21
add a comment |
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The closest I can get is probably changing the background color or image of individual tiles.
answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
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We always appreciate the contributions from our community members, but can you please annotate the pertinent steps from the proposed solution within your answer? Hyperlinks can potentially "break" at some point in the future, rendering the good answer useless. Thanks for your help!
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The closest I can get is probably changing the background color or image of individual tiles.
answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
xoxox
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We always appreciate the contributions from our community members, but can you please annotate the pertinent steps from the proposed solution within your answer? Hyperlinks can potentially "break" at some point in the future, rendering the good answer useless. Thanks for your help!
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The closest I can get is probably changing the background color or image of individual tiles.
answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
xoxox
11518
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We always appreciate the contributions from our community members, but can you please annotate the pertinent steps from the proposed solution within your answer? Hyperlinks can potentially "break" at some point in the future, rendering the good answer useless. Thanks for your help!
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The closest I can get is probably changing the background color or image of individual tiles.
answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
xoxox
11518
The closest I can get is probably changing the background color or image of individual tiles.
answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
xoxox
11518
answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
xoxox
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answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
xoxox
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answered Feb 21 '17 at 18:33
xoxox
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Have you tried any of the start menu replacements that exists for Windows 10?
– Ramhound
Feb 21 '17 at 18:18
Like Classic Start Menu? Yes, but I prefer the Windows 10 style Start Menu with animation, tiles and transparent, glass like background. It also has different features...
– xoxox
Feb 21 '17 at 18:21