How to change task bar only color in Windows 8?
Is there some way for me to set the task bar color at the bottom to a specific color independent of the color of the window border? For example, I want to keep the task bar color black, while keeping everything else blue.
This is possible by doing a registry entry value change with the following steps:
- Go to Personalize and change your color scheme for the taskbar to one you want.
- Then run regedit
- Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
- Locate the key "EnableWindowColorization", and set its value to 0.
- Next, run the task manager, and locate a process named "Desktop Window Manager" under "Windows processes"
- End this task, and as it starts back up you will find your window color has gone back to default light grey, while your taskbar color has remained.
If you'd like a visual guide, here is the original source of this method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MsebL7IDoA
Update: This doesn't seem to work as of Windows 8.1. I've resorted to just picking an available color scheme.
On windows 8 right click on the desktop and click personalize. Now go to color and select the darkest color you see. Then click on color mixer and turn the color black. I've seen the other answers, this one is the best.