How to change corners of windows ?

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How to change corners of windows ?

Post by Cov » Mon May 04, 2009 11:06 am

The first picture shows how it looks like at the moment:

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The second picture shows the corners being sharp instead of round:

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Would you know of a tweak that can do that ?

Thank you

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Post by Tobias » Mon May 04, 2009 11:42 am

Is there anything in Control panel >> performance >> "adjust visual effects" which could help?

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Post by Cov » Mon May 04, 2009 11:47 am

No, there isn't ...

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Post by jhhoffma » Mon May 04, 2009 12:02 pm

It's a theme setting. Not something that can be changed via standard windows settings.

However, you can look here for an option to get what you want. Shouldn't be too hard. I would do a System Restore point before doing this however.

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Post by Cov » Mon May 04, 2009 1:42 pm

Very interestin indeed ...


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Hahaha, look ... even the Start-button has become square.

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Post by Mats » Mon May 04, 2009 2:15 pm

Another tip: get rid of those annoying space consuming frames around each window.
Change the Border padding in the advanced apperarance settings.

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Post by Cov » Mon May 04, 2009 2:19 pm

Thanks, that was a very good idea.
Change width of windows borders

Right click desktop and select Personalize › Window color › advanced appearance settings › Item: Border padding › default = 4
See, I wished there was something as simple as that, to change the corners from round to sharp.

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Post by xan_user » Mon May 04, 2009 5:15 pm

Cov wrote:
See, I wished there was something as simple as that, to change the corners from round to sharp.
Microsoft thinks "you''ll put out your eye".


:lol:

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Post by Cov » Mon May 04, 2009 5:18 pm

Haha ... that was really funny.

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Post by xan_user » Mon May 04, 2009 5:24 pm

damn your on the wrong side of the pond, so probably can't get it- my bad. That movie is xmas tradition over here.

A lame attempt at poking fun at our rubberized, safety net world, with rounded corners.

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