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Win11 update changed title-bar color - how to change back?

After a Win11 update (yesterday), my title-bar has changed from black to dark grey.  Is there any way to re-set it to black?  It's really bugging me...

Thanks!

Win11: 23H2
fb2k:  2.24.3
CUI:: 2.1.0

Re: Win11 update changed title-bar color - how to change back?

Reply #1 –
Right-click on your desktop and select Personalise, and then Colours. What is your accent colour set to? Is ‘Show accent colour on title bars and window borders’ turned on or off?
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Re: Win11 update changed title-bar color - how to change back?

Reply #2 –
Thanks, musicmusic!

The accent color was (and still is) set to "Dark Grey" and the "Show accent color on title bars and window borders" was off.

I opened the "custom colors" and moved the slider to full black (even though it said "this color is not supported"), and switched the "Show accent colors on title bars..." to "On", and that seems to have fixed it.

(I wonder why full black is "not supported"...)

Anyway, I'm a happy man, again - thank you!

Re: Win11 update changed title-bar color - how to change back?

Reply #3 –
This fix is, of course, system wide.

Is there any way to change the color of fb2k's title bar without affecting any other programs?  ...perhaps a registry edit?

Re: Win11 update changed title-bar color - how to change back?

Reply #4 –
But is that different to how it was before the update that changed the colour?

Windows 11 does allow applications to change their own title bar colour, but that functionality isn't used or exposed in Columns UI. (It doesn't work so well anyway – the hover effect on the minimise and maximise buttons gets messed up for example.)
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Re: Win11 update changed title-bar color - how to change back?

Reply #5 –
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But is that different to how it was before the update that changed the colour?
Yes, it is.  Now there are many title-bars that are black, where they weren't before.  (EAC and VLC, for example.)

Oh, well...  have to live with it, one way or another - black title-bars, or a dark grey title-bar for fb2k.  (Perhaps CUI will offer some customization in the future.)

Thanks, again, for all your help, musicmusic!