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Possible to have a Copy of the Default Skin to Edit?

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Possible to have a Copy of the Default Skin to Edit?

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Recently purchased WindowsBlinds for Windows 10 and was hoping to simply change the background color of Windows Explorer from its stark white to something a bit darker, but saw that the only way to customize anything was to either make a skin using SkinStudio (which applies a lot of aspects of much older Windows OS') or to edit a preset skin which changes much more than I'd like. Even the WinCustomize website is sorely lacking in anything recent for Windows 10.

 

Is there any way to just edit some small areas without needing to apply skins that change much more than needed?

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 I like the super thin borders with shadow effect, blueish color of explorer elements and finally the fonts...Yes...you may say that the combination is very good and that is what I like about it ;)

 

Agrestik from LightStar used to give the similar frame and taskbar effect (only a very light explorer colors) but after the Windows 10 updates that skin no longer works on my system....Still waiting for Tom to update :blush:  

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I see it now. I love flat simple skins. I see a lot like this on DeviantArt as Visual Styles with colored title bars. I'm surprised someone on here hasn't put one out. I know what everyone going to say "Do it yourself" believe me I tried. I can get the taskbar and start menu, but trying to find all the other pieces is a nightmare especially using the Diamond skin which all the images aren't there. It would be nice if there was a test skin that all the images were a different color so you can see where everything is.

Sorry for the rant, but after 15 years I still have a hard time with SKS.  

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting AbKu, reply 26

Agrestik from LightStar used to give the similar frame and taskbar effect (only a very light explorer colors) but after the Windows 10 updates that skin no longer works on my system....Still waiting for Tom to update  
End of AbKu's quote

Agrestik is a skin by Kevin Walters, not me AbKu. :-"  

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 28


Quoting AbKu,
reply 26

Agrestik from LightStar used to give the similar frame and taskbar effect (only a very light explorer colors) but after the Windows 10 updates that skin no longer works on my system....Still waiting for Tom to update  



Agrestik is a skin by Kevin Walters, not me AbKu. :-"  

End of LightStar's quote

 

oh...yes.  The description said that you made the skin work for Windows 8 |-)  

Reply #30 from Stardock Forums Top

I would also like the ability to import the 'default' Windows 10 skin to edit. I recently upgraded from Windows 7, I really do not like 'Metro' style of Windows 10, and was trying to find something that looks and acts like Windows 7, without transparencies.

I tried tweaking Acrylic7 by DanilloOc, Corporate by Danioc, Diamond, Lantana by Essorant, Modern, Vista Plus and Windows Zero by Adni18...

All of the above, for me, have some UI element that is unreadable, a background is so close to the text color that I cannot easily read it. (such as various menus, alt-tab switcher, inactive windows, Chrome & Firefox tabs, etc)

If I could import a known working skin / theme, then I could tweak it over time to my liking, while still being able to use the computer.

Or, if someone could recommend some existing WB skins that are similar to Windows 7 default (muted colors, nice curves, good contrast on all elements) then I would be appreciative.

Thanks in advance!