The first tile is Automatic and Windows will derive the colors from the desktop background wallpaper. Near the bottom center, choose Color to change the color. Under Appearance and Personalization, choose Change the theme. To actually override the color of the window decorations (and taskbar) do this: As you can see, when I set a solid background color, the taskbar changed but my window borders didn't change. However, this doesn't complete the picture.
Or you can select some other folder with Browse if you want to select a background image from somewhere as a wallpaper. Voila! Now my desktop is UGLY, just the way I like it! Or, click More at the bottom left, and you can select a custom color. Under Appearance and Personalization, choose Change desktop background.Ĭhoose the drop-down next to Picture location (which is confusing) and change it to Solid colors. You also have to allow users to change their colors and desktop background in Group Policy. Note that you need to have Desktop Experience installed.
Users can still change the desktop background color in Windows Server 2012.
