Windows 8.1 folders background color

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Windows 8.1 folders background color

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Dear friends, I need to change the white background color of Windows 8.1 folders to something less bright. I just can't work with that light in my eyes (I get headache after 30 seconds... :-( ). I already searched Google. It looks like MS has removed this setting.

Any help?

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Re: Windows 8.1 folders background color

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Hola
Has probado con los temas de Alto Contraste?
Yo aun no he actualizado de windows 8 a windows 8.1 pero en windows 8 si existen dichos temas

Hello
Have you tried with High Contrast themes?
I still have not upgraded to windows windows 8 windows 8 8.1 but if there are such issues

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Una vez seleccionado el tema te permite configurarlo

After selecting the theme allows you to configure
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Enrico,

I also suffered it, it started on Windows 8, the one I keep using on some pcs :-(

After some research, besides Cristobal suggestion, I found this way:
http://forums.fivetechsupport.com/viewt ... 17&t=25755
regards, saludos

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Cristobal,
cnavarro wrote:Hello
Have you tried with High Contrast themes?
I still have not upgraded to windows windows 8 windows 8 8.1 but if there are such issues

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After selecting the theme allows you to configure
Thank you, but the High Contrast themes are not acceptable for me, sorry. :-(

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Antonio,
Antonio Linares wrote:Enrico,

I also suffered it, it started on Windows 8, the one I keep using on some pcs :-(

After some research, besides Cristobal suggestion, I found this way:
http://forums.fivetechsupport.com/viewt ... 17&t=25755
I'm going to review it, thank you...

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Enrico Maria Giordano wrote:Cristobal,

Thank you, but the High Contrast themes are not acceptable for me, sorry. :-(

EMG
Enrico, por si te sirve:

Has visto que se puede configurar en el boton color cuando has seleccionado uno de esos temas?

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Enrico, for what it's worth:

You have seen that you can set the color button when you have selected one of these issues?
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Cristobal,
cnavarro wrote:Enrico, for what it's worth:

You have seen that you can set the color button when you have selected one of these issues?
Thank you. And what if I want to use the normal themes (ie. not high contrast ones) with a less bright folders background?

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Enrico,

Maybe try this free Folder Colorizer app.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pick-Dif ... 7195.shtml

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James,
James Bott wrote:Enrico,

Maybe try this free Folder Colorizer app.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pick-Dif ... 7195.shtml

Regards,
James
From the above link:
Folder Colorizer is a very small utility that comes with options to let users choose different colors for the icon of any folder on their computers.
It colors the folder icons, not the folder background. :-(

Anyway, I get something acceptable using the registry setting proposed by Antonio.

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