Basic Split Win10 [7 STYLE] for CSM version 4.3.1
For exact display sizes 100%/96dpi,125%/120dpi,150%/144dpi
Made for Windows 10 and 8 to use the Metro color shades or glass color.
It does not work at all on Win7 due to the use of the Metro color text.
I finished the 7 style menu after 3 years as well, which has the fake shutdown icons & fake Log off text at the bottom of the menu.
If it's too hard to understand all the below settings for Win 10 and Win 8, and just want a nice blue start menu,
then on the skin options select "Glass color for Win 8 Desktop"
and then check the unlocked box just below called "Glass saturated blue color". Done.
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
More detailed Win 10 settings:
On recent updated Win 10 versions the system colors can be either a Dark mode, Light mode,
or a custom mix of Light and Dark modes.
It's a bit tricky to get Classic Shell to look correct with the rest of system.
I find to get most everything to look white with color along with Classic Shell is:
Choose Windows "Custom" color
Select "Dark" for Default Windows mode along with selecting "Light" for Default app mode
Turn on Windows "Start, taskbar, and action center" for accent color to show
Turn on "Title bars and window borders"
Turn off "Transparency effects"
Also on newer versions of Win10, accent color settings have the Custom color picker where a hex number can be pasted in the "More" area,
paste 0072ED for a saturated blue. On skin setting option, pick Metro color shade "Dark"
Or if using "Glass color", go to Classic/Open Shell settings, "Menu Look" tab,
check the box for "Override glass color" and paste D36500 in the "Menu glass color" box.
You would also need to open the "Taskbar" tab and enable the "Customize taskbar" box and change the Taskbar color to something like B85900
Setting menu color on Windows 8 OS:
Metro color shades work the same as Ivo's Metro skin,
where the colors are sampled from the "Start Screen", not the desktop.
One needs to change Windows colors when in Start Screen mode.
Then the same color is shown on the start menu when switched back to desktop mode. It is best to pick the skin Dark shade option when using Win 8.
Yes, it's a royal pain to go adjusting the Start screen Background colors for the desktop menu when using a Metro shade.
About the only good setting is one can change the Accent color of the start button to green.
For the Win 8 desktop, it's better to use the Glass color skin option along with Windows 8 Personalize feature:
"Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Personalization\Color and Appearance" and adjust the sliders.
In the CSM settings "Menu Look" tab, Turn off "Override glass color".
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Whereas Win 8 Automatic color picker( picks a color from background picture or theme) tends to make the taskbar and start menu overly bright or very dark.
If you are going to use the Win 8 auto color picker, turn on CSM "Override glass color".
Make sure "Menu glass color" is on default (not bold text. Right-click to set default).
Set "Menu glass intensity" on default or about 85
Set the "Menu color blending" to 0
These settings can only tame the color/brightness so much.
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Can also use Glass color option along with the "Override glass color" option in "Menu Look" tab
of CSM general settings to change menu color that overrides system color.
Final note:
Sometimes the fade away speed for a pressed selected button is too slow.
Example: The shutdown icon button can show a visual anomaly for a split second after it is pressed.
@ezhao02 mentioned this on a different skin a few years ago and said:
"if anyone wants to know, it's 'Fade speed' in the 'Menu Look' tab"
Reduce it to 0