Change the Border thickness ! SEE HERE

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I tried to post this once.... but dont see it now.. so I will try one more
time... then I'm done...

I personally HATE the extra border thickness in Aero ! So... first I right
clicked on the desktop and selected personalize. Then I selected Color and
Appearance. Then I selected Open Classic appearance properties. Then
Advanced.. I then changed the active window border to 1.

Ok.. that helped some.. but not NEARLY enougth for me !

So.. I found the following registry keys that can be change by hand:

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowsMetrics

I changed BorderWidth to -5 and PaddedBorderWidth to -5

VOILA ! Nice thin sleek borders that dont waste display real estate !!!!!

Hope this helps others...

OH.. btw.. if you go back to classic properties and make a change AFTER you
make these registry edits.. they will get set back... FYI !!!

;)

WayCool
 
You don't have to go into RegEdit to do what you want. You were in the right
place to start with but you looked at the wrong thing. You want to change
Border Padding not Active Window Border.
 
SAM-R said:
You don't have to go into RegEdit to do what you want. You were in
the right place to start with but you looked at the wrong thing.
You want to change Border Padding not Active Window Border.
Click to expand...

But Border Padding isn't in that list of things to change in that
dialog.
 
The problem in answering questions in this Newsgroup is knowing which build
the question is about. I am running Home Basic in 5472.5 and in 5472.5 there
is Border Pading.
 
The problem in answering questions in this Newsgroup is knowing which build
the question is about. I am running Home Basic in 5472.5 and in 5472.5 there
is Border Pading.
Click to expand...

In 5384 you could adjust the active window border to get the desired
result, but in 5472 it claims to already be at 1 width so you have to use
the border padding setting to change it.
 
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