Aug 19, 2017 Installing any theme for WinRAR is very simple -if WinRAR is the only archiving program installed on your computer, then double click on downloaded theme and use options/themes menu to select and apply a theme. Download Metro UI Theme for WinRAR. Installing themes for WinRAR. Oct 13, 2006 command to winrarthemedescription.txt. Note that background color is important even if your bitmaps are 32 bit and have the alpha channel. Not all Windows versions and display color modes support 32-bit bitmaps, so in some situations (for example, in Windows 98) WinRAR must treat them.
Did you know you can change File Explorer to a theme that’s easier on the eyes, thanks to the Windows 10 October 2018 Update?
As theWindows Insider blog explains, “Adding a dark theme to File Explorer has long been a top Insider request,” but it meant “breaking new ground to provide a dark theme to legacy parts of the shell.”
The post goes on to explain the process of creating and refining the UI design, with the help of Windows Insiders’ feedback.
“For example, Insiders told us that they’d like to see more use of grey tones — which we added to areas like the view pane. We also adjusted the address bar and ribbon colors. (The effect is that your eye is drawn more to the content in the center of the screen.) And take a close look below at the Navigation Pane. We removed the folder backplates from the folder icons and enlarged the icons to make them stand out more on high DPI displays.”
Detailed suggestions like these helped the team move from a basic dark theme into the kind of functional design that users demand with applications like File Explorer.
Want to try out dark theme on your PC? Go to Settings > Personalization > Colors, scroll to the bottom of the page and change the default app mode from Light to Dark.
Check it out in action:
If you’re using the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, File Explorer will automatically update from light to dark after you change this option. To confirm whether or not your PC is running this version, you can go to Settings > System > About, where it will say Version 1809 in the Windows Specifications section. If you see Version 1803 or a lower version number, the Windows Update Assistant can help you update to the latest version of Windows 10.
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