People just hated the new 'Metro' UI and hated more that the new interface was forced down our throats with no easy way to bring back the familiar desktop and start menu (thank goodness for Start8). W8, as operating systems go, was not bad. But it sure was not without its share of bugs either, bugs that MS is still releasing patches for after more than 10 years (until Jan 12, 2020). Enable the Start, taskbar, and action center option below the colors selection window. I'm just saying.Īnd yes, W7 was good - very good actually. To Change Taskbar Color in Windows, follow these steps:Open Windows settings click Personalization click Colors Remove checkmark from the box towar. How to change the accent color only in the taskbar on Windows 10 (first method) 1. In reality, it was likely some setting or change you or one of your installed programs did that induced the problem - not Windows itself. While you were not alone, it's not like millions and millions of users suddenly experienced the same problem. Frankly, I think it amazing W10 works so well.Īlso note your issue is hardly a widespread problem. And remember, of the 700+ million Windows 10 machines out there, each and every one became a unique machine within the first few minutes after the first boot - as users like you and me setup our own networking settings, security and other apps, peripherals and their drivers, user accounts, and personalizations like colored taskbars - all in what must be an infinite (or close to it) number of hardware + software configurations. Click to expand.30+ million lines of code plus Man has yet to learn how to create perfection 100% of the time.

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