Windows 7 - Borders - Changing Width to suite your needs

**swarfega**

How to Change the Width of Window Borders

Information

Do you find the default with of the window borders too thin or too wide? This tutorial will show you how to change it to suite your taste.

Here's How:

1) Open control panel and click on Appearance and Personalization

2) Click on Personalization and then Window Color at the bottom

3) In the Window Color screen, click on Advanced appearance settings

4) A dialog box will appear where you can change various aspects of the desktop appearance. In the item box, scroll down to border padding and change the size value to whatever you fancy then press ok.

Note

This tutorial can also apply to Vista.

Have fun playing with this feature!

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blacksmoke26 · 04-28-2009

I love this Feature too

win7rox · 05-06-2009

this works only if you have basic theme or accessibility themes. It says so right on the window.

**swarfega** · 05-08-2009

no, it works on aero as well.

win7rox · 05-08-2009

yes, it does! thanks!

I wonder why the text on the top then saying settings in this dialog work only with ....

freesbee · 11-04-2009

...I was searching for this everywhere, but I couldn't find!!

**dceldeen** · 02-17-2010

I could not see the beginning part of my online trading activity $ amounts until I saw this.
Thanks

**Aero** · 02-18-2010

Hey, nice tut! - Could you please add this tutorial I made into your Related Links?