Registry hack to change Windows 10 accent color

Question

I recently came across these registry hacks to customize the accent colors.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

Create a new DWORD value and name it as AccentColor with a Value of your color code like d5d5d5.

For inactive windows, do the same with another new DWORD named as AccentColorInactive.

Source – AskVG

bymatt · Answer

Thanks for this Sarav! This is the best hack so far. But in my edition, the DWM tree is totally different from this. Inactive accent color works fine for me thou.

Karthikeyan KC · Answer

I noticed the same in mine (Home). Inactive window color changes, but not the active one. Dark grey is fine for me anyway :) . I guess the registry might&#8217;ve been patched in a recent update.

Saravanan · Answer

Okay. I am updating Win10 now. lol

bymatt · Answer

@karthikeyankc, I think so. Better not mess with the registry until Windows 10 is stable.

Ronny Tap · Answer

I can confirm this. It looks the same for me too.