Questions tagged [desktop-customization]
Tweaking the look and feel of the operating system's desktop. All OSes welcome.
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How can I show accent color on title bars only and not on window borders?
Under Settings > Personalization > Colors > Accent Color one can set a custom color for certain windows elements.
There is a checkbox for "Show accent color on title bars and window ...
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Change "Choose your background color" palette in Windows 11
In Windows 11 Settings, under Personalization>Background, there is a drop-down titled "Personalize your background". Within the drop-down (with 'Solid Color' selected), there is a palette ...
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Duplicate Recycle Bin Icon Appearing on Desktop When Using Folder Redirection
I’m seeing a strange issue where users end up with two Recycle Bin icons on their desktop. We modify the registry in “Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User ...
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How to adapt the taskbar color according to a user?
I am working with two users: The normal user and an administrator one, and I have the impression I might need to switch regularly between both.
As a result, I wonder how I can know as which user I'm ...
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How to set a custom desktop image for new Windows domain users?
I've setup a GPO which applies a first-time-logon Windows Theme on user devices. The theme is correctly applied on login, but the desktop background defaults to "Windows Spotlight". It seems ...
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Wallpaper removed for user after RDP Admin Session on Windows 10
A.K.A. RDP setting "Modem (56 Kbps)" with "Desktop background" unchecked disables wallpaper
I’m experiencing an issue on a Windows 10 PC where the wallpaper for the standard user ...
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Setup multiple desktops with apps on windows 11 startup
I have a specific sequence of multiple desktops and single app (Windows 11) in full screen in those windows (Mac-like, Example, 4 windows: spotify -> chrome -> VSCode -> terminal). It's quite ...
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wpaperd wallpaper should not use space behind waybar on wayland with niri compositor
I'd like my wallpapers not to extend below the waybar (taskbar). I've already studied and tried the configurations of waybar, wpaperd and niri extensively without success.
My question is, which ...
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Windows 11 background set to "Slideshow" reverts to "Picture" when changing Virtual Desktops
Reproduction:
Settings > Personalize > Background - set to "Slideshow"
Switch to a different Virtual Desktop (win + tab or ctrl + win + left/right)
Background setting will have ...
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What's wrong with my desktop entry?
I already have some hand-crafted desktop-entries under my ~/.local/share/applications and wanted to add another item (naming the new file userapp-VNC.desktop):
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=VNC Connection
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Is there a way to have Cinnamon/Linux Mint change the default picture aspect ratio so that when a background changes, its Spanned as opposed to zoom?
I do picture rotations on my desktop, and pretty much 100% of them need me to go back into the Desktop settings and switch from "Zoom" to "Spanned". (Zoom appears to be the ...
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Windows 11 Taskbar Thumbnails - Is it possible to increase the size?
As the title suggests, I'm hoping to increase the size of the taskbar thumbbnails when hovering over the open apps:
I've found various suggestions, but none seem to work.
For instance, this one only ...
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What happens if Windows 10 21H2 Pro or Windows 11 24H2 Pro gets deactivated?
I wonder what happens if Windows 10 21H2 Pro or Windows 11 24H2 Pro gets deactivated. I read that I will lose some customization abilities, but I wonder:
Which customization abilities will I lose?
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How to set a disk or drive icon with a Windows icon or a custom icon on Windows 11?
So you're trying to change your driver icon on Windows 11 but realized that the "Customize" section of the driver's properties is missing the "Change Icon..." button. Also, you'd ...
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How to change background color of chrome://apps
I tried Chrome background color suddenly changed to black but somehow, in light mode, the background for chrome://apps is always black. How can I change that?
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