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File Explorer Title Bar
I have searching for a resolve regarding an Accent color displaying in the File Explorer Title Bar. If I choose a pre-installed Theme there is the Accent color in the File Explorer title bar. I don'...
ow6nmusk Nope! However, I found a workaround! This is my current colors with my own picture for the background and I chose a manual accent color. I saved the settings as a theme and selected to use it. The File Explorer title bar picks up a shade of color from the background picture and not the chosen accent color in settings, if I use a picture with blue it will be a shade of blue. The Start and Taskbar are from the Accent Color choices. I chose Orchid Light and this is the result. Again, if I choose any other color it will be that color in Start and Taskbar displaying different shades. I am happy with the results. I also figured out how to easily change the font color of the desktop icons from black to white. I choose blue as solid background color, then rechoose my saved background, restart explorer.exe. As for the dropshadow on the desktop icons, I select/deselect on Performance options, restart explorer.exe. Done! All is well after shutdown/restart!
Thanks for sharing your workaround with us! It’s awesome to see your resourceful approach in customizing the File Explorer title bar. Who would have thought that the background picture could have such a strong influence? It’s like the title bar is taking fashion cues from the picture, creating its own unique shade. Talk about a stylish File Explorer!
Your creative solution and insights will surely inspire other community members who want to add a touch of personalization to their Windows experience. Keep up the clever tricks and innovative thinking!
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Best regards,
- Just frustrated it doesn't work when choosing a solid color from the choices and settings within WIN 11 or customizing one of its' themes. But in the end, I can save my own solid background or a picture and the colors work as they do as if I used a built-in WIN theme. where the file explorer title bar will be a color pulled from the theme background only.
Thank you good idea, but it's best to forward this feedback to the Feedback Center - so that Microsoft developers can deploy the fix -> to other users 🙂
Send feedback to Microsoft with the Feedback Hub app - Microsoft Support
- LOL Ya I did that months ago when looking for a resolve. Told there isn't one, but I have since found a workaround!
