If you desire to enjoy a personalized experience on Windows 10, this tutorial will help you customize and tweak the desktop and user interface. It’ll only require some minutes to make the changes. But once done, you’ll get a new desktop for yourself and guess what? You’ll also find it better than changing the theme.
Does it sound interesting? Well, in this post I’ll be explaining you to the process of customizing Windows 10 – from taskbar to window colors – in a step-by-step guide. Let’s begin then.
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Windows 10 is an awesome operating system, so you get many perks including customizable themes. These themes let you quickly change the color scheme, system icons, and a lot more. Do you wish to try one?
And finally, you’ll see your desktop changing from:
To a brand new desktop like the one shown below. Did I overstated?
It’s not just the desktop wallpaper that’s changed by applying the new theme (as in the above screenshot). It also changed the taskbar’s color, icons’ color, and more, which you’ll visualize after applying the theme on your system.
If you’re not satisfied after applying the theme, you can always switch back to the original theme named “Windows 10“. But sometimes, you may like the color of a theme, however, maybe you don’t like its background or sounds. This brings us to the question: what can you do if you dislike a part of a theme?
You can customize the theme itself. Let’s check how:
What will be the result? You’ll customize the theme to make it yours.
First off, let’s check how to customize the background in Windows 10:
Now, below is the guide to customize system colors in Windows 10:
Then, let’s see the steps for customizing the lock screen in Windows 10:
Here are the steps to configure sound schemes in Windows 10:
Finally, let’s check the procedure for customizing cursors in Windows 10:
So far, it was all about the native themes available in Windows 10. If those don’t suffice your creative mind, you can always opt for third-party themes. However, you must know that themes from third-party developers may not be as perfect as the default themes. Don’t worry — they’re elegant!
However, they may just break your system or mess things up in Windows 10. Therefore, you must always create a restore point before trying out anything given below. Since I warned you, let’s check the places to get them. I found two good repositories to download third-party themes for Windows 10:
Let’s begin by installing the prerequisite software for supporting the third-party theme’s installation in Windows 10.
There are two tools we need for the theme we’re going to install in this tutorial, but if you’re downloading some other theme, please check its prerequisites properly and install them.
In this tutorial, we’re going to install Ades — a theme by Unisira. Please note that the steps may differ per theme (for example, the folder to copy the theme files to or the need to install icon packs), so always check the guide given with a third-party theme before trying to install it. That said, let’s install Ades:
Optionally, you can download and install MacType for displaying cleaner fonts on your system. The same also applies for WinRemix iPACK, which will install the green icons shown in the above screenshot. But, they’re totally optional.
If you wish to go back to the default theme or one of the themes from Microsoft Store, you can go to Settings > Personalization > Themes and select a new theme. Alternatively, you can recover from the restore point you created in the previous section to alter back all the system changes done by you.
The second option is especially necessary if you wish to roll back all the changes made for applying the third-party theme. Let’s say you wish to stick only to the default themes or remove the fonts or icon packs, then you must do it.
You must have remembered Desktop Gadgets (or Windows Sidebar) if you’ve used Windows XP or Vista. Unfortunately, they were removed in Windows 7, which was one of the reasons for me to hate Windows 7. Don’t you too?
In case you aren’t aware, desktop gadgets or widgets in Windows are same as home screen widgets in Android. They’re small pieces of software that run on your desktop and display live, useful information. For example, a weather widget may show weather info, a system widget may show storage info, etc.
However; didn’t I just said that Microsoft removed them starting from Windows 7? So how are we going to get them back in Windows 10? The answer: a free and open-source program known as Rainmeter. It’s a desktop customization tool to display fully customizable and functional skins (widgets) on your desktop.
But what’s the catch? Since Rainmeter has a community of skin developers and enthusiasts, it’s easy to search for and get new skins, i.e., new widgets. However, Rainmeter has a long learning curve. That’s why, we’ll install Win10 Widgets — a ready-made set of widgets built over Rainmeter. So let’s get going:
Of course, if you’re unhappy with Win10 Widgets, you can try out other widget packs like 8GadgetPack or Widgets HD. Alternatively, if you’re ready for a challenge, you can also create or edit skins of Rainmeter to create your own widgets. In case you’re interested, read its official guide to get started.
That’s all about customizing your desktop and system’s look & feel on Windows 10. If you wish to try more tools, check out our favorite desktop customization tools for Windows. I hope this guide helped you make your system your own. Let me know by writing a comment below or tweeting me to @aksinghnet.
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