Desktop Window Customization

Thomill

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Hey,
Over the years, I have used the Advanced Appearance dialog in Windows to change the window background color, text color, title bar colors, and the like. I can find no way to do this in Win8 Desktop. I tried the high contrast trick to get into similar options but that also seemed to change icon styles and made for an otherwise poor looking desktop. Is there any way to get that Advanced Appearance dialog back?
I have similar problems in Office 2013. Even with the dark grey look, it is far too bright and bland. If I could customize the look of Word as done in prior versions with Advanced Appearance, that would be very welcome.
Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
"Is there any way to get that Advanced Appearance dialog back?"

No.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
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