How to remove accent color from Start menu tiles only
I'm Windows 10 user (newest updates as of 2015.12.23).
I would love to change my accent color to some bright color like yellow.
But this also changes background of tiles in Start menu. And that looks ugly and unreadable.
Is there any way to disable accent color for Start menu tiles?
Dark accent color:
Bright accent color:
windows windows-10
asked Dec 23 '15 at 9:52
HoochHooch
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I'm Windows 10 user (newest updates as of 2015.12.23).
I would love to change my accent color to some bright color like yellow.
But this also changes background of tiles in Start menu. And that looks ugly and unreadable.
Is there any way to disable accent color for Start menu tiles?
Dark accent color:
Bright accent color:
windows windows-10
asked Dec 23 '15 at 9:52
HoochHooch
2,10141520
use a different start menu tool. The new one sucks
– magicandre1981
Dec 23 '15 at 16:43
@magicandre1981 What do you mean by "Start menu tool"?
– Hooch
Dec 25 '15 at 14:14
1
StartIsBack++, ClassicShell, Start10. The new buildin one sucks and nearly no customization options
– magicandre1981
Dec 25 '15 at 15:48
@magicandre1981 I'll take a look. Thank you and have a nice new year.
– Hooch
Dec 26 '15 at 11:11
add a comment |
I'm Windows 10 user (newest updates as of 2015.12.23).
I would love to change my accent color to some bright color like yellow.
But this also changes background of tiles in Start menu. And that looks ugly and unreadable.
Is there any way to disable accent color for Start menu tiles?
Dark accent color:
Bright accent color:
windows windows-10
asked Dec 23 '15 at 9:52
HoochHooch
2,10141520
I'm Windows 10 user (newest updates as of 2015.12.23).
I would love to change my accent color to some bright color like yellow.
But this also changes background of tiles in Start menu. And that looks ugly and unreadable.
Is there any way to disable accent color for Start menu tiles?
Dark accent color:
Bright accent color:
windows windows-10
windows windows-10
asked Dec 23 '15 at 9:52
HoochHooch
2,10141520
asked Dec 23 '15 at 9:52
HoochHooch
2,10141520
asked Dec 23 '15 at 9:52
HoochHooch
2,10141520
asked Dec 23 '15 at 9:52
HoochHooch
2,10141520
asked Dec 23 '15 at 9:52
HoochHooch
2,10141520
2,10141520
use a different start menu tool. The new one sucks
– magicandre1981
Dec 23 '15 at 16:43
@magicandre1981 What do you mean by "Start menu tool"?
– Hooch
Dec 25 '15 at 14:14
1
StartIsBack++, ClassicShell, Start10. The new buildin one sucks and nearly no customization options
– magicandre1981
Dec 25 '15 at 15:48
@magicandre1981 I'll take a look. Thank you and have a nice new year.
– Hooch
Dec 26 '15 at 11:11
add a comment |
use a different start menu tool. The new one sucks
– magicandre1981
Dec 23 '15 at 16:43
@magicandre1981 What do you mean by "Start menu tool"?
– Hooch
Dec 25 '15 at 14:14
1
StartIsBack++, ClassicShell, Start10. The new buildin one sucks and nearly no customization options
– magicandre1981
Dec 25 '15 at 15:48
@magicandre1981 I'll take a look. Thank you and have a nice new year.
– Hooch
Dec 26 '15 at 11:11
use a different start menu tool. The new one sucks
– magicandre1981
Dec 23 '15 at 16:43
use a different start menu tool. The new one sucks
– magicandre1981
Dec 23 '15 at 16:43
@magicandre1981 What do you mean by "Start menu tool"?
– Hooch
Dec 25 '15 at 14:14
@magicandre1981 What do you mean by "Start menu tool"?
– Hooch
Dec 25 '15 at 14:14
1
1
StartIsBack++, ClassicShell, Start10. The new buildin one sucks and nearly no customization options
– magicandre1981
Dec 25 '15 at 15:48
StartIsBack++, ClassicShell, Start10. The new buildin one sucks and nearly no customization options
– magicandre1981
Dec 25 '15 at 15:48
@magicandre1981 I'll take a look. Thank you and have a nice new year.
– Hooch
Dec 26 '15 at 11:11
@magicandre1981 I'll take a look. Thank you and have a nice new year.
– Hooch
Dec 26 '15 at 11:11
add a comment |
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- Set the color you want the Start Menu tiles to be in the Settings → Personalization → Color.
- Open
regedit. - To change the active window border color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColorMenutoff00b9ff(this is the yellow color from your screenshot). The value is ABGR Hex (Alpha, Blue, Green, Red).
- Navigate to
- To change the active window title bar color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColortoff00b9ff. - Set the value of
ColorPrevalenceto1(0will make the active window title bar white).
- Navigate to
Changes should take effect as soon as you change focus to another window.
Obviously, I can't show you my Start Menu and an Active Window in one screenshot, so I just took a few and made a GIF.
Notes
- I have no idea yet where the Start Menu and Taskbar are pulling the accent color from.
- I'm running on Windows 10 version 1803. I have not tried this with earlier versions.
- One of my tiles is red because I was messing with
.VisualElementsManifest.xmlmethod to change the color of individual tiles.
answered Jan 17 at 21:56
Drew ChapinDrew Chapin
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- Set the color you want the Start Menu tiles to be in the Settings → Personalization → Color.
- Open
regedit. - To change the active window border color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColorMenutoff00b9ff(this is the yellow color from your screenshot). The value is ABGR Hex (Alpha, Blue, Green, Red).
- Navigate to
- To change the active window title bar color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColortoff00b9ff. - Set the value of
ColorPrevalenceto1(0will make the active window title bar white).
- Navigate to
Changes should take effect as soon as you change focus to another window.
Obviously, I can't show you my Start Menu and an Active Window in one screenshot, so I just took a few and made a GIF.
Notes
- I have no idea yet where the Start Menu and Taskbar are pulling the accent color from.
- I'm running on Windows 10 version 1803. I have not tried this with earlier versions.
- One of my tiles is red because I was messing with
.VisualElementsManifest.xmlmethod to change the color of individual tiles.
answered Jan 17 at 21:56
Drew ChapinDrew Chapin
3,764103557
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- Set the color you want the Start Menu tiles to be in the Settings → Personalization → Color.
- Open
regedit. - To change the active window border color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColorMenutoff00b9ff(this is the yellow color from your screenshot). The value is ABGR Hex (Alpha, Blue, Green, Red).
- Navigate to
- To change the active window title bar color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColortoff00b9ff. - Set the value of
ColorPrevalenceto1(0will make the active window title bar white).
- Navigate to
Changes should take effect as soon as you change focus to another window.
Obviously, I can't show you my Start Menu and an Active Window in one screenshot, so I just took a few and made a GIF.
Notes
- I have no idea yet where the Start Menu and Taskbar are pulling the accent color from.
- I'm running on Windows 10 version 1803. I have not tried this with earlier versions.
- One of my tiles is red because I was messing with
.VisualElementsManifest.xmlmethod to change the color of individual tiles.
answered Jan 17 at 21:56
Drew ChapinDrew Chapin
3,764103557
add a comment |
- Set the color you want the Start Menu tiles to be in the Settings → Personalization → Color.
- Open
regedit. - To change the active window border color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColorMenutoff00b9ff(this is the yellow color from your screenshot). The value is ABGR Hex (Alpha, Blue, Green, Red).
- Navigate to
- To change the active window title bar color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColortoff00b9ff. - Set the value of
ColorPrevalenceto1(0will make the active window title bar white).
- Navigate to
Changes should take effect as soon as you change focus to another window.
Obviously, I can't show you my Start Menu and an Active Window in one screenshot, so I just took a few and made a GIF.
Notes
- I have no idea yet where the Start Menu and Taskbar are pulling the accent color from.
- I'm running on Windows 10 version 1803. I have not tried this with earlier versions.
- One of my tiles is red because I was messing with
.VisualElementsManifest.xmlmethod to change the color of individual tiles.
answered Jan 17 at 21:56
Drew ChapinDrew Chapin
3,764103557
- Set the color you want the Start Menu tiles to be in the Settings → Personalization → Color.
- Open
regedit. - To change the active window border color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColorMenutoff00b9ff(this is the yellow color from your screenshot). The value is ABGR Hex (Alpha, Blue, Green, Red).
- Navigate to
- To change the active window title bar color...
- Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsDWM. - Set the value of
AccentColortoff00b9ff. - Set the value of
ColorPrevalenceto1(0will make the active window title bar white).
- Navigate to
Changes should take effect as soon as you change focus to another window.
Obviously, I can't show you my Start Menu and an Active Window in one screenshot, so I just took a few and made a GIF.
Notes
- I have no idea yet where the Start Menu and Taskbar are pulling the accent color from.
- I'm running on Windows 10 version 1803. I have not tried this with earlier versions.
- One of my tiles is red because I was messing with
.VisualElementsManifest.xmlmethod to change the color of individual tiles.
answered Jan 17 at 21:56
Drew ChapinDrew Chapin
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answered Jan 17 at 21:56
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use a different start menu tool. The new one sucks
– magicandre1981
Dec 23 '15 at 16:43
@magicandre1981 What do you mean by "Start menu tool"?
– Hooch
Dec 25 '15 at 14:14
1
StartIsBack++, ClassicShell, Start10. The new buildin one sucks and nearly no customization options
– magicandre1981
Dec 25 '15 at 15:48
@magicandre1981 I'll take a look. Thank you and have a nice new year.
– Hooch
Dec 26 '15 at 11:11