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Windows 10 - Registry entries related to colorization

Jun 12th, 2016
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  1. Compared registry after changing accent color to registry before changing accent color to find changed values.
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  5. CHANGED VALUES
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  8. 0. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColor REG_BINARY
  9. 1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette REG_BINARY
  10. 2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu REG_DWORD
  11. 3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColor REG_DWORD
  12. 4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu REG_DWORD
  13. 5. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor REG_DWORD
  14. 6. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow REG_DWORD
  15. 7. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor REG_DWORD
  16. 8. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColorInactive REG_DWORD
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  20. WHAT THEY CHANGED
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  23. 0: ? (No noticable change)
  24. 1: (Explained below this block)
  25. 2: Changes the color of Windows 8 styled menus (CTRL-ALT-DELTE menu, old network pane, old search pane)
  26. 3: ? (No noticable change)
  27. 4: ? (No noticable change)
  28. 5: Controls window glow color.
  29. 6: ? (No noticable change)
  30. 7: Controls the color of window title bars.
  31. 8: Controls the color of inactive window title bars.
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  35. 1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette
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  38. This is a collection of 8 color values, each with 4 hexadecimal digits to represent a
  39. color (in RGB) and the fourth hexadecimal digit of each color is always set to '00'.
  40.  
  41. (Colored are numbered from left to right, not top to bottom)
  42.  
  43. Color 1: ? (No noticable change)
  44.  
  45. Color 2: Controls the color of:
  46. - The lines below open windows on the taskbar.
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  48. Color 3: Controls the color of:
  49. - The start button logo when you hover over it.
  50. - The date and "Date and time settings" in the clock flyout when not hovered over
  51. - The horizontal line in the volume flyout
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  53. Color 4: Controls the color of: (this is what Windows recognizes as the actual 'accent color' for modern apps and the sort)
  54. - The start button logo when clicked.
  55. - The background square of apps in the start menu.
  56. - The background square of the current date in the clock flyout.
  57. - Icons in the settings app.
  58. - Volume grabber in the volume flyout when not hovered over.
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  60. Color 5: Controls the color of:
  61. - Background color of: start menu, action center, volume flyout, clock flyout, (and I would assume battery and internet flyout as well)
  62. - Background color of active window on taskbar
  63.  
  64. Color 6: Controls the color of:
  65. - Taskbar color.
  66. - Cortana/search sidebar and search box.
  67.  
  68. Color 7: ? (No noticable change)
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  70. Color 8: ? (No noticable change)
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