Windows 8.1 folders background color

Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby Enrico Maria Giordano » Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:44 pm

Dear friends, I need to change the white background color of Windows 8.1 folders to something less bright. I just can't work with that light in my eyes (I get headache after 30 seconds... :-( ). I already searched Google. It looks like MS has removed this setting.

Any help?

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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby cnavarro » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:32 pm

Hola
Has probado con los temas de Alto Contraste?
Yo aun no he actualizado de windows 8 a windows 8.1 pero en windows 8 si existen dichos temas

Hello
Have you tried with High Contrast themes?
I still have not upgraded to windows windows 8 windows 8 8.1 but if there are such issues

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Una vez seleccionado el tema te permite configurarlo

After selecting the theme allows you to configure
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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby Antonio Linares » Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:10 pm

Enrico,

I also suffered it, it started on Windows 8, the one I keep using on some pcs :-(

After some research, besides Cristobal suggestion, I found this way:
http://forums.fivetechsupport.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=25755
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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby Enrico Maria Giordano » Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:39 pm

Cristobal,

cnavarro wrote:Hello
Have you tried with High Contrast themes?
I still have not upgraded to windows windows 8 windows 8 8.1 but if there are such issues

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After selecting the theme allows you to configure


Thank you, but the High Contrast themes are not acceptable for me, sorry. :-(

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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby Enrico Maria Giordano » Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:40 pm

Antonio,

Antonio Linares wrote:Enrico,

I also suffered it, it started on Windows 8, the one I keep using on some pcs :-(

After some research, besides Cristobal suggestion, I found this way:
http://forums.fivetechsupport.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=25755


I'm going to review it, thank you...

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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby cnavarro » Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:49 am

Enrico Maria Giordano wrote:Cristobal,

Thank you, but the High Contrast themes are not acceptable for me, sorry. :-(

EMG


Enrico, por si te sirve:

Has visto que se puede configurar en el boton color cuando has seleccionado uno de esos temas?

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Enrico, for what it's worth:

You have seen that you can set the color button when you have selected one of these issues?
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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby Enrico Maria Giordano » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:29 am

Cristobal,

cnavarro wrote:Enrico, for what it's worth:

You have seen that you can set the color button when you have selected one of these issues?


Thank you. And what if I want to use the normal themes (ie. not high contrast ones) with a less bright folders background?

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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby James Bott » Fri Jan 10, 2014 4:06 pm

Enrico,

Maybe try this free Folder Colorizer app.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pick-Dif ... 7195.shtml

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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

Postby Enrico Maria Giordano » Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:52 pm

James,

James Bott wrote:Enrico,

Maybe try this free Folder Colorizer app.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pick-Dif ... 7195.shtml

Regards,
James


From the above link:

Folder Colorizer is a very small utility that comes with options to let users choose different colors for the icon of any folder on their computers.


It colors the folder icons, not the folder background. :-(

Anyway, I get something acceptable using the registry setting proposed by Antonio.

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