How to change the Background Color in Windows 10.
CPP Console App, compiled using VS2017, Community Edition.
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Code, Console App (shows console)
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")</stdio.h></windows.h>
void main()
{
int aElements[1] = { COLOR_BACKGROUND };
DWORD aNewColors[1];
aNewColors[0] = RGB(0x40, 0x40, 0x40); // gray
SetSysColors(1, aElements, aNewColors);
}
Code, Desktop App (no console)
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "WindowsProject9.h"
// Global Variables:
HINSTANCE hInst;
// Forward declarations of functions included in this code module:
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
INT_PTR CALLBACK About(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
int APIENTRY wWinMain(_In_ HINSTANCE hInstance,
_In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
_In_ LPWSTR lpCmdLine,
_In_ int nCmdShow)
{
int aElements[1] = { COLOR_BACKGROUND };
DWORD aNewColors[1];
aNewColors[0] = RGB(0x00, 0x00, 0x00); // black
SetSysColors(1, aElements, aNewColors);
}
Notes
Commands
REG ADD “HKCU\Control Panel\Colors” /v Background /t REG_SZ /d “0 0 0” /f
REG ADD “HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors” /v Background /t REG_SZ /d “0 0 0” /f
VBScript
Set objShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)
objShell.Run “REG ADD “”HKCU\Control Panel\Colors”” /v Background /t REG_SZ /d “”0 0 0″” /f”,0,false
objShell.Run “REG ADD “”HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors”” /v Background /t REG_SZ /d “”0 0 0″” /f”,0,false