How to Get Thin Window Borders in Vista
Published by: Codrut Nistor, in Tips & Tricks
November9th2007
While Vista's interface looks pretty good, it also has some problems that came together with the new Aero theme. For example, the default window border thickness makes most windows look pretty bad, at least for my eyes, but from what I've been able to find from others, I am not the only one...
Before reading on, please take a look at the screenshot below - if everything seems perfect tot you, then you can skip this article, but if it doesn't, let's see how can we get thin window borders in Vista, shall we?
- Right click on your desktop and choose Personalize from the menu that appears.
- In the window that opens, left click on Window Color and Appeareance.
- If you have enabled Aero, as I did, you have to click on the link Open classic appeareance properties for more color options.
- In the Appeareance Settings window, choose Advanced.
- Now, select Border Padding in the Item dropdown menu, and set a smaller size to see which one suits you better.
- Press OK, click Apply in the Appeareance Settings window and check the result. In the screenshot below, you can see the impact of the settings above.
This is it, I hope you'll find this useful and get one step closer to the perfect Vista for you and your computer!
Before reading on, please take a look at the screenshot below - if everything seems perfect tot you, then you can skip this article, but if it doesn't, let's see how can we get thin window borders in Vista, shall we?
- Right click on your desktop and choose Personalize from the menu that appears.
- In the window that opens, left click on Window Color and Appeareance.
- If you have enabled Aero, as I did, you have to click on the link Open classic appeareance properties for more color options.
- In the Appeareance Settings window, choose Advanced.
- Now, select Border Padding in the Item dropdown menu, and set a smaller size to see which one suits you better.
- Press OK, click Apply in the Appeareance Settings window and check the result. In the screenshot below, you can see the impact of the settings above.
This is it, I hope you'll find this useful and get one step closer to the perfect Vista for you and your computer!
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2 Comments on How to Get Thin Window Borders in Vista
On 07/30/2009 at 7:26 pm Matt said:
exactly what I was looking for, thanks!
On 03/31/2011 at 2:56 am Alex Folland said:
Even this long after you wrote this article, I've found it and made great use of it. Thanks! :)
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