Changing white to black

Coke Robot

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Alright gang, here is the dilemma.

One of the things about Windows Phone is its high contrast style UI, with black background and white text. On Windows 8, especially the Desktop, this is reverse where black is the text color and white is the background. It is a proven fact that having a white background take more power versus a black background. I prefer the look as well. I've tried out the high contrast theme on Windows, but the problem is that it makes the internet high contrast, which sucks. I've also tried out a black theme for Windows, which needed the uxtheme.dll to be patched. I did that one and it kind of messed with the visuals where the open program icons on the Taskbar would appear as if the mouse cursor was hovering over it when it's not.

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So this is basically what I want black; Task Manager and File Explorer background from white to black. I'm wondering if it's just a simple registry edit versus a .dll patching. Also while I have the attention, can the text size be overall be sized up a bit without DPI adjusting?

Any input? Thanks! :cool:
 

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Don't you know the story of AeroLite -> High Contrast modes? :)

I've experimented with those a while ago. Look into the properties and see what can be changed and what not.

Properties:
http://www.eightforums.com/customiz...-ui-change-title-text-color-4.html#post152178

Theme test:
http://www.eightforums.com/customization/13957-change-taskbar-opacity.html#post148419

Dark experiment:
http://www.eightforums.com/customiz...t-lining-up-right-side-screen.html#post221110

I'm working on a darker theme like what you described there, no patching, using original theme files. We'll need to rely on one Hi Contrast mode of AeroLite but we'll need to ignore the browser windows...

I'll see what I can do, check the links above if you intend to try something out.

Cheers!
 

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    That's basically it.
Well, there's no way to change just explorer and task manager: other programs and white backgrounds will change as well.

AeroLite and Aero (normal themes) don't allow you to change just a few items. I do the changes in high contrast because it's the only one allowing to change options.

Some options are missing from the settings (*.theme) file like Metrics and such: go to Win XP or Vista/7 and save a classic theme for sharing then get/extract the *.theme and edit it with notepad to see all options and apply this to Win8 as well.

High contrast and 3rd party themes are the only options you got.

I'll create a thread with special themes, based on AeroLite and high contrast since we don't have this yet.
http://www.eightforums.com/customiz...lite-high-contrast-variations.html#post235455
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV6 7250
    CPU
    Intel i7-3630QM
    Motherboard
    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
    Sound Card
    IDT HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6' built-in + Samsung S22D300 + 17.3' LG Phillips
    Screen Resolution
    multiple resolutions
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 250GB + Hitachi HDD 750GB
    PSU
    120W adapter
    Case
    small
    Cooling
    laptop cooling pad
    Keyboard
    Backlit built-in + big one in USB
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Sensei
    Internet Speed
    slow and steady
    Browser
    Chromium, Pale Moon, Firefox Developer Edition
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    That's basically it.
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