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I mean the this:

How to change the window color here?

I was able to set a color for the new taskbar and start menu. It is even a little transparent and the background is blurry, like in Windows 7 from which I've updated. Aero Glass is the name, I guess.

I would be fine with just setting a darker color, but aero glass would be perfect!

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  • I wrote here how to enable Aero Glass again: superuser.com/a/946668/174557 Aug 3, 2015 at 16:10
  • The final of Aero glass DLL is now available. In the TH2 Builds (currently in fast ring for Window Insiders) allow you to change the color. Aug 31, 2015 at 15:45

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There is a detailed guide on Winaero Blog on how to do this.

There are 2 main options:

  • install Winaero Tweaker:
    • run as admin
    • Appearance > Colored Title Bars > Enable Colored Title Bars:

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  • do it manually (following is mainly copied from above link - go to that site for screenshots):
    • create a copy of C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero. SKIP all MSS files
    • rename new folder windows
    • rename windows\aero.msstyles to windows.aero.msstyles
    • rename windows\en-US\aero.msstyles.mui to windows.aero.msstyles.mui
    • copy and paste the aero.theme to Desktop
    • rename it to windows.theme
    • open with Notepad
    • change the [VisualStyles]section's Path=%ResourceDir%\Themes\Aero\Aero.msstyles to Path=%ResourceDir%\Themes\windows\windows.msstyles
    • save and close
    • double click windows.theme and you have colored title bars!
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    Works on 8.1 and 10 perfectly. Thanks. A blurry transparent effect would be super awesome but it seems Windows is not ready to add such option for a graphical feature which already existed in Windows 7!!!!! Nevertheless, Thanks :)
    – Armin
    Aug 4, 2015 at 20:36

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