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In Windows 8, you can use themes to help make your desktop more stylish. Themes can change the desktop background, window border color, sound, and screen saver on your computer at the same time, and you can switch topics whenever you need to. You can also create a custom theme and share it with friends and family.

What is a theme?

A theme is a combination of pictures, colors, and sounds. Topics include:

Various parts of the subject

Desktop background. A picture, color, or design that provides a background for an open window on the desktop. A desktop background can be a single picture or slide show. You can choose a desktop background image with Windows attached to it, or use your own picture.

Window border color. The color of the window border and taskbar. Themes can contain a specific window border color, or you can automatically choose colors based on the colors in the desktop background picture.

Voice. A collection of related sounds that are heard when an event occurs on a computer. An event may be an action you perform, such as logging on to your computer, or doing what your computer does, such as letting you know when a new e-mail message will be received.

Screen saver. A moving picture or pattern displayed on a computer screen after a specific period of time without using the mouse or keyboard. The screen saver is disabled in the topics that are included with Windows, but you can enable and add a screen saver to the topic.

You can find all of your themes in the Personalization section of the Control Panel. Click or click on any theme to apply it to your desktop.

Open personalization in the following ways: Swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click Search (if you use the mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down, click Search), enter personalize in the search box, and then click or click Settings and personalize.

There are four kinds of topics in personalization in Control Panel.

My subject. Topics that you create, change, save, or download. These new settings appear as an unsaved theme as long as you make changes to the theme.

Windows default theme. You can use it to personalize your computer's Windows theme. Most topics include a desktop background slide show.

The subject of the installation. A theme created by your computer manufacturer or other non-Microsoft provider.

High Contrast theme. Topics that make the items on the screen easier to see. High Contrast topics do not include automatic window border colors or desktop background slide shows.

In Windows 8, you can use themes to help make your desktop more stylish. Themes can change the desktop background, window border color, sound, and screen saver on your computer at the same time, and you can switch topics whenever you need to. You can also create a custom theme and share it with friends and family.

What is a theme?

A theme is a combination of pictures, colors, and sounds. Topics include:

Various parts of the subject

Desktop background. A picture, color, or design that provides a background for an open window on the desktop. A desktop background can be a single picture or slide show. You can choose a desktop background image with Windows attached to it, or use your own picture.

Window border color. The color of the window border and taskbar. Themes can contain a specific window border color, or you can automatically choose colors based on the colors in the desktop background picture.

Voice. A collection of related sounds that are heard when an event occurs on a computer. An event may be an action you perform, such as logging on to your computer, or doing what your computer does, such as letting you know when a new e-mail message will be received.

Screen saver. A moving picture or pattern displayed on a computer screen after a specific period of time without using the mouse or keyboard. The screen saver is disabled in the topics that are included with Windows, but you can enable and add a screen saver to the topic.

You can find all of your themes in the Personalization section of the Control Panel. Click or click on any theme to apply it to your desktop.

Open personalization in the following ways: Swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click Search (if you use the mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down, click Search), enter personalize in the search box, and then click or click Settings and personalize.

There are four kinds of topics in personalization in Control Panel.

My subject. Topics that you create, change, save, or download. These new settings appear as an unsaved theme as long as you make changes to the theme.

Windows default theme. You can use it to personalize your computer's Windows theme. Most topics include a desktop background slide show.

The subject of the installation. A theme created by your computer manufacturer or other non-Microsoft provider.

High Contrast theme. Topics that make the items on the screen easier to see. High Contrast topics do not include automatic window border colors or desktop background slide shows.

Create a Theme

You don't use only the topics that come with Windows, you can also use your own picture and screen saver to create custom themes and select the colors and sounds that come with them. To start a customization, click or click any topic to apply it to your desktop. Then change each part of the topic until your desktop background, window border color, sound, and screen saver meet your requirements. Any changes you make will be saved as an unsaved theme under my topics.

Unsaved Topics

To create a topic

Open personalization in the following ways: Swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click Search (if you use the mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down, click Search), enter personalize in the search box, and then click or click Settings and personalize.

To change your desktop background, click or click Desktop Background, browse to the picture you want to use, select the check box for the picture you want to add to the slide show, and then click or click Save Changes.

To change the color of the window border and taskbar, click or click Window Color, and then do one of the following:

Tap or click Auto to have Windows automatically select colors based on the colors in the desktop background picture, and then click or click Save Changes.

Or

Click or click the color you want to use, and then click or click Save Changes.

Auto Window Color options

To change the sound that your computer makes when an event occurs, click or click an item in the Sounds, sound scheme list, and OK.

To add or change a screen saver, click an item in the Screen Saver and screen saver list, and then change any settings to suit your liking, and then click or click OK.

After you are satisfied with the display and sound of the new theme, save the topic so that you can use it at any time.

To save a topic

Open personalization in the following ways: Swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click Search (if you use the mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down, click Search), enter personalize in the search box, and then click or click Settings and personalize.

Under My topics, click or click an unsaved theme to apply it to your desktop.

Click or click Save Theme.

Enter a name for the topic, and then click or click Save.

The new topic name appears under my topics.

Share topics

After you save the theme, you can share it with friends and family. To send your topic to someone else, you first need to save the topic in a shareable file format called a. themepack file.

Open personalization in the following ways: Swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click Search (if you use the mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down, click Search), enter personalize in the search box, and then click or click Settings and personalize.

Click or click on your custom theme to apply it to your desktop.

Long press or right-click the topic, and then click or click Save theme for sharing.

Save Theme

In the File name box, enter a name for the topic, and then click or click Save.

You can share topics using e-mail, a network, or an external drive.

Delete a topic

If you no longer use a theme you have created or downloaded, you can remove it from your computer and save disk space. (You cannot remove a theme from Windows.) )

Click or click on a different theme to apply it to your desktop. You cannot delete the topic you are using.

Long press or right-click the topic you want to delete, and then click or click Delete Topic.

Get more topics

You can find more topics in the personalized library on the Windows Web site to add to your collection.

Get more information about a picture

If you want to learn about the pictures that are included in a particular topic, you can view more information about the pictures, including the title and the location of the photos taken. (For some pictures, this information may not be available.) )

Open personalization in the following ways: Swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, click Search (if you use the mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, then move the pointer down, click Search), enter personalize in the search box, and then click or click Settings and personalize.

Click or click a topic to apply it to your desktop, and then click or click Desktop Background.

Long press or point to the picture to see more information about it.

Attention

You cannot change the default font or font color used for items in Windows, such as window title bars, menus, or tooltips. However, you can make all the text on the screen (and other items like icons) bigger, or you can change the text size of a particular item without changing the size of any other item on the screen.