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How to change the color of the selected and highlighted items and the search bar?

Anonymous
2013-12-09T03:52:57+00:00

Original Title: color scheme

With Windows 7, I could change the color of the selected and highlighted items and the search bar.  How can I do that in Windows 8?  I hate the blue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-10T00:45:35+00:00

    Thank you.  This changes the colors of my background, but not the colors of the highlight and select items text.  How do I change that?  It used to in the advanced settings of personalization on Windows 7, but I don't see it on Windows 8.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-15T10:31:45+00:00

    As far as I know, these settings are a little changed in Windows 8. I found this that has the explanation.

    http://www.askvg.com/how-to-access-advanced-appearance-settings-option-to-change-text-size-in-windows-8/

    Good Luck

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  3. Kapil Arya 37,661 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2013-12-09T09:57:02+00:00

    Hello,

    You can personalise your colouring scheme by following this:

    Go to PC Settings (Press Windows Key + I, click Change PC Settings). Now in the left pane, select the Personalize section, switch to Start Screen, then you can see a color bar, from which you can pick your favorite color and the scheme will be applied accordingly.

    Hope this helps, Good luck :)

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