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DBlake · Last edited by DBlake on Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:49 pm, edited 3 times in total.

Hello, I discovered a way to remove the window frame colors but keep the taskbar color.

‎1. Set your desired window and taskbar color.
2. Run this batch file (as Administrator): http://www.mediafire.com/?wfh812pt1hh3sgk
3. Enjoy no colored windows!

Run this batch file as Administrator to disable the above tweak: http://www.mediafire.com/?asldr62mp7o5974

Screenshots:

Colorization enabled:

Colorization disabled:

annihilator

screenshots please...

Night Streak

Is there a way to renable the colorization after this is applied?

DBlake

Night Streak wrote:

Is there a way to renable the colorization after this is applied?

Added revert batch to OP.

Night Streak

DBlake wrote:

Night Streak wrote:

Is there a way to renable the colorization after this is applied?

Added revert batch to OP.

You added it, Thanks

Offtopic Comment

Nice wallpaper, Man Luna FTW!! :mrgreen:

prayaas1998

Man I needed this!!

EDIT: Just discovered this works even with Auto colorization..

smartboyhw

Hey, any source code?

Pwned

smartboyhw wrote:

Hey, any source code?

Yes, just right-click, Edit. *hehe*

annihilator

Very cool. Try getting Aero glass transparency from the RC ported to RTM. That would be awesome !

prayaas1998

smartboyhw just got Pwned (pun intended)..

eXcite

Very nice, but I suggest to make it better:
- Make one batch file for switching it on and off
- Don't delete the keys, just switch them on and off.
Here's the code I came up with:

Code:

@ECHO off
cls
:start
ECHO.
set /p choice=Switch Windows Colorization (Off=1, On=2)
if not'%choice%'=='' set choice=%choice:~0,1%
if '%choice%'=='1' goto 1
if '%choice%'=='2' goto 2
ECHO "%choice%" is not a valid option.  Select "1" or "2".
ECHO.
goto start
:1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM /v EnableWindowColorization /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
tskill dwm
:2
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM /v EnableWindowColorization /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
tskill dwm

DBlake

eXcite wrote:

Very nice, but I suggest to make it better:
- Make one batch file for switching it on and off
- Don't delete the keys, just switch them on and off.
Here's the code I came up with:

Code:

@ECHO off
cls
:start
ECHO.
set /p choice=Switch Windows Colorization (Off=1, On=2)
if not'%choice%'=='' set choice=%choice:~0,1%
if '%choice%'=='1' goto 1
if '%choice%'=='2' goto 2
ECHO "%choice%" is not a valid option.  Select "1" or "2".
ECHO.
goto start
:1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM /v EnableWindowColorization /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
tskill dwm
:2
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM /v EnableWindowColorization /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
tskill dwm

Your method is very broken. First of all, it is required to delete the key. Second of all, it needs to be 2 separate batch files to work properly.

eXcite

DBlake wrote:

eXcite wrote:

Very nice, but I suggest to make it better:
- Make one batch file for switching it on and off
- Don't delete the keys, just switch them on and off.
Here's the code I came up with:

Code:

@ECHO off
cls
:start
ECHO.
set /p choice=Switch Windows Colorization (Off=1, On=2)
if not'%choice%'=='' set choice=%choice:~0,1%
if '%choice%'=='1' goto 1
if '%choice%'=='2' goto 2
ECHO "%choice%" is not a valid option.  Select "1" or "2".
ECHO.
goto start
:1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM /v EnableWindowColorization /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
tskill dwm
:2
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM /v EnableWindowColorization /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
tskill dwm

Your method is very broken. First of all, it is required to delete the key. Second of all, it needs to be 2 separate batch files to work properly.

Oh, I actually just tried it, and you're right. But why is it required to delete the key, and why does it have to be two seperate batch files?

DBlake

1) Setting the key to 0 doesn't always work. I've tested this on my 2 installs.

2) It's more simple to have 2 batch files than have 1 where you have to enter 1 or 2. To put it more simple, it saves a step.

On second thought I just might make a couple of quick AutoIt program that do these tasks. This way, I can set them to run as Admin automatically instead of right-click > Run as Admin.

Homaaa

I just made a small GUI version, nothing fancy. It does basicially the same as DBlake's batches, so credits go to him.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?u1zqkdtyoji5pf8

Pwned

Hb860 has released a similar app:

Homaaa

Probably should have checked that before, I still like my version better though.

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