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    Borders - Changing Width to suite your needs

    Borders - Changing Width to suite your needs

    How to Change the Width of Window Borders
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    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
    Borders - Changing Width to suite your needs-tut1.jpg
    3) In the Window Color screen, click on Advanced appearance settings
    Borders - Changing Width to suite your needs-tut2.jpg
    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: The default size is 4. The smaller the number, the thinner the border. The larger the number, the wider the border.
    Borders - Changing Width to suite your needs-tut3.jpg
       Note
    This tutorial can also apply to Vista.
    Have fun playing with this feature!








  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate built 7100
       #1

    I love this Feature too
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  2. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 x64
       #2

    this works only if you have basic theme or accessibility themes. It says so right on the window.
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  3. Posts : 4,925
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    no, it works on aero as well.
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  4. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 x64
       #4

    yes, it does! thanks!

    I wonder why the text on the top then saying settings in this dialog work only with ....
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  5. Posts : 12
    Windows7 RTM 7600 x64
       #5

    Great!


    ...I was searching for this everywhere, but I couldn't find!!
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  6. Posts : 1
    Windows 7
       #6

    Thanks for the post


    I could not see the beginning part of my online trading activity $ amounts until I saw this.
    Thanks
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  7. Posts : 1
    Win7 64bit
       #7

    Yes, but 1 is still like 10pix wide?!?! That is nuts!
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  8. Posts : 1
    Win7 x32, Win8 x32
       #8

    *suit
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  9. Posts : 5
    Windows 10 x64
       #9

    thanks dude!!! ;-)
      My Computer


 
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