Taekogae

Join Date 02/2019

Window Frames appear how I want it in Preview but then get discolored on applying.

I am creating a theme for windows to replicate certain versions of the os but unfortunately the window frames look normal in the theme preview but when you apply it, it looks darker or discolored and it kills me to see this one thing stop me from going any further. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hecc even the caption buttons are discolored as well! I was also creating a windows 98 SE theme with that gradient title bar but the color was also darkened and discolored!

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Someone will chime in on this, but I can ask if the color options in the WB config are set to normal?

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Yes it is set to normal

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

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Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Is the color problem only on this specific theme or it also happened on other themes? If its on just this theme. Could you send over the wba file so I can have a look at it.

Thanks.

Basj,

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I was getting ready to export the wba file after I removed some uis2 frames, and once applied it looked right but my explorer.exe I believe had died on me so now I will be possibly reinstalling windows on my laptop, picture taken with phone. rebooted and this was still the same. so yeah that sucks.

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DaveRI

Join Date 09/2003

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It looks like it could be the difference created by transparency, blur, and what is behind the caption. The window frame I'm showing here is actually black with transparency and blur. It's the SKS preview window sitting over a white background on the left side (the SKS preview also is using a white background) and a darker, about mid-range, background on the right side. It's all the same frame.

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