A black theme for Windows 10 that doesn't change any icon/element?
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 by HollywoodHoganWCW | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Hi, I'm looking for a black theme for Windows 10. Every black/dark theme I found on wincustomize changed elements, like my start menu icon looks different, my minimize, restore & close buttons look different etc.
I'm looking for a black theme that keeps the Windows 10 design as it is, but just changes white background to black & black text to white. Contrast should be good enough to read text conveniently at all places. Is there such a theme available on wincustomize? It's surprisingly hard to find such a relatively simple theme.
Reply #2 Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:10 PM
Can't be done. No such thing as a simple theme. Microsoft doesn't allow changes to be made to most of it's White windows or text color changes.
Now I'm convinced I can't get a good looking, error free system-wide dark theme for Windows. First UXThemePatcher, now this. I can only pray that Microsoft adds dark theme to the desktop sometime in the future. Thank you. My journey is over, conclusion - All these 3rd party dark themes are buggy & not practical for daily use if you rely on many 3rd party programs.
Reply #3 Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:33 PM
Have you tried Windows 10 built-in High Contrast Black theme?
Reply #4 Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:15 AM
of course, I've been working on this for about 15 days now, asking at different places about proper black theme.
Why high contrast mode is impractical:
1) Since it's an accessibility feature, it looks ugly compared to the default theme. https://i.imgur.com/MtbTBcR.png
2) Programs like Notepad++ & Chrome develop UI glitches. https://i.imgur.com/FP9768I.png & https://i.imgur.com/CpZc8Av.png
3) Programs like Evernote & Telegram are unaffected. 
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Reply #1 Wednesday, March 14, 2018 5:18 PM
Can't be done. No such thing as a simple theme. Microsoft doesn't allow changes to be made to most of it's White windows or text color changes.