Changing Window frame color doesn't work


  1. mmo
    Posts : 55
    2x Windows 7
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    Changing Window frame color doesn't work


    I am trying to make the currently selected window a bit easier to recognize. So I right-click the desktop, "Personalize", clicked "Window Color" => Advanced Appearance settings, selected "Active Title bar" and picked a dark red as one of the two colors. This should yield me a red-blue title bar and so it also shows in the preview.

    But when then I click Apply or OK, the desktop goes gray for a while and then comes back in colors, but the active window's color has not changed at all! It's still in blue...

    What am I missing? Why does the current schema (Aero Themes / Windows 7) not accept my customization?

    Michael
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Michael,

    The colors are not applied unless you are using a Windows Classic or one of the High Contrast themes instead.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  4. mmo
    Posts : 55
    2x Windows 7
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    Really? That sucks! Because with Aero the only indication which window is the currently active seems the red [X]-area in the upper right hand corner. What a bad design - apparently just to show off and not a cent of though on usability.

    Thanks for clarifying this!
    Michael
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  6. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    You're welcome Michael. Sorry.
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  7. Dragoness243
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    Windows 7 starter
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    I'm having a similar problem, excpet when I attempt to revert the Windows 7 Basic theme back to the original, it tells me that it can't be completed because "Access is Denied." Is there any way that I can fix this problem?
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