VistaStyleBuilder

Hi.  I'm using a theme called Windows 8.1 MK IV.  Essentially, all it does is change the title bar text colour (and the colour of the minimise and maximise buttons) from black to white.  There's another, similar theme out there, by "Grim01" which many people have, which does the same thing, but causes other issues on 8.1 (like the start screen screwing up when moving tiles around).  This one doesn't have that issue, but it does have other problems I'd like to fix now that I've bought this software.

I've included a .zip of the theme as it comes, without any alterations to it.  I'm using it, but with the colour changed to black, as you can see in the images I've attached.  My question is this: How do you change the background colour of the inactive title bar?  You can see from the image that it's almost exactly the same as the active title bar, which makes them a bit hard to distinguish.  Ideally, I'd like to make it a lighter version of the active colour, perhaps like "x% lighter", if possible (so that it works well with colours other than black).

The other image shows another problem that some apps have.  On Paint.net, for instance, the text on the title bar doesn't change to white.  Is there any fix for this?  Something similar happens in Firefox with certain windows and tabs.

Finally, (and this is minor as another app I have already does this, but it'd be nice to get it all done in one theme) is there a way to disable taskbar transparency using VSB?

The most important thing is the part in bold.  The rest isn't a huge deal, but any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Best and simplest way of setting the inactive background color:

https://www.askvg.com/windows-10-tip-get-colors-on-titlebars-of-inactive-background-program-windows/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzl8c_wrYyg&feature=youtu.be

Doesn't do anything on 8.1.  There has to be a way to do this using WSB.

Windows & Caption Buttons > Aero > DWM Window > Frames > Window > Top > Inactive image

There's no "Window" under frames...

And I wouldn't even know what to do or edit once I get there anyway.  I've tried changing other things in other parts of the style and it never actually changes it when I apply (which I have to do manually by putting the files in C/Windows/Resources/Themes because the built-in thing in WSB always gives an error)...

(https://i.imgur.com/dIiYXcW.png)

Odds are, the style isn't being applied via the Personalization panel, either. Perhaps you wouldn't have noticed because the style is identical to the default in every other way or something. Make sure you have UxStyle or a UxTheme Patch or whatever you prefer installed and working. If you're using UxStyle, try going to Services.msc and restarting the "Unsigned Themes" service.

You are using this right?:

https://www.vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2130.0

No, I was using version 15.0.0.  Thanks for letting me know about this version.  I'll mess around with it a bit and get back to you.  :)

Still can't get it.  Changing any of those values has zero effect on the style once I apply it.

I figured it out!  (sorry for spamming posts, but the 8.1 section of the site seems dead anyway)

Turns out it's the "COLORIZATIONOPACITY" value that needs to be changed to do precisely what I wanted.  Many thanks for all the help and putting up with my questions, 3am.  :)