
Step 5: You will see the confirmation dialog. To do that, open Task Manager, click More details to see all running processes, right-click on Desktop Window Manager, click End task. Step 4: To see different colors on taskbar and window borders, you need to restart the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). Step 3: On the right-side, double-click on EnableWindowColorization and change the default value data to 1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM Step 2: Once the Registry Editor launched, navigate to the following key: To do this, simultaneously press Windows + R keys to bring up the Run dialog, type Regedit.exe in the box and press enter key. Step 2: Run the tool, disable Enable Window Colorization option to set white color to window borders.

Step 1: Download Aero8Tuner from this place. Simply follow the given below instructions to enable the feature and then set different colors to window border and taskbar in Windows 8. For example, you can’t use this trick to set green color to the taskbar and blue to window borders. NOTE: This trick automatically sets white color to window borders and doesn’t enable you set a custom color to window borders. Fortunately, a small registry tweak enables you set different colors for taskbar and window borders in Windows 8 RTM. For some reason, Microsoft has removed this little feature from the final release (RTM). In addition to these features, in the Release Preview edition of Windows 8, one could set different colors for taskbar and window borders. Microsoft has even introduced automatic color feature in Windows 8 which automatically changes the color of the taskbar and window borders to match the wallpaper color. Just like its predecessor Windows 7, Windows 8 also lets you set your own color for window borders and taskbar. How To Set Different Colors For Taskbar & Window Borders In Windows 8 Otherwise, you may have to do a restore and try again. You may have to reboot a couple of times, Also, when you change themes the first time, Windows may freak out, but just reboot and it should be OK.

If you have to take Ownership of the Themes folder, that is fine and then give Full Admin Rights to it and child objects.ĭO NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE SYSTEM32 FOLDER as a whole, or even your C: drive. Then try to copy the files from the Visual Style in the first link (I used Theme Without Thin White Inline Frame) If you uninstall UXThemePatcher it is supposed to replace the original files back. Will patch the following files and append. Dark theme for Windows8 RTM by ~Nighthawk-F22 on deviantART
