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HollywoodHoganWCW

Join Date 03/2018

A black theme for Windows 10 that doesn't change any icon/element?

Hi, I'm looking for a black theme for Windows 10. Every black/dark theme I found on wincustomize changed elements, like my start menu icon looks different, my minimize, restore & close buttons look different etc.

I'm looking for a black theme that keeps the Windows 10 design as it is, but just changes white background to black & black text to white. Contrast should be good enough to read text conveniently at all places. Is there such a theme available on wincustomize? It's surprisingly hard to find such a relatively simple theme.

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

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Can't be done. No such thing as a simple theme. Microsoft doesn't allow changes to be made to most of it's White windows or text color changes.

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Can't be done. No such thing as a simple theme. Microsoft doesn't allow changes to be made to most of it's White windows or text color changes.

Now I'm convinced I can't get a good looking, error free system-wide dark theme for Windows. First UXThemePatcher, now this. I can only pray that Microsoft adds dark theme to the desktop sometime in the future. Thank you. My journey is over, conclusion - All these 3rd party dark themes are buggy & not practical for daily use if you rely on many 3rd party programs.

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BigDogBigFeet

Join Date 12/2005

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Have you tried Windows 10 built-in High Contrast Black theme?

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of course, I've been working on this for about 15 days now, asking at different places about proper black theme.

Why high contrast mode is impractical:

1) Since it's an accessibility feature, it looks ugly compared to the default theme. https://i.imgur.com/MtbTBcR.png

2) Programs like Notepad++ & Chrome develop UI glitches. https://i.imgur.com/FP9768I.png & https://i.imgur.com/CpZc8Av.png

3) Programs like Evernote & Telegram are unaffected.

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