How to get rid of some annoyances in Window 10
Custom solid color background
You can still get to it in the old control panel:
Start button> Run then copy and paste:
control /name Microsoft.Personalization /page pageWallpaper
You will see the colors that are available from Windows 7.
Get rid of desktop text drop shadows.
Use Iconoid to lock your icons in position http://sillysot.com
Windows 7 does not remember very well but Iconoid will fix this.
In Windows 10 you have to use Task Manager to restart Windows Explorer whenever you save a Theme or Windows blinks.
Uncheck Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop in the settings.
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-shadows-for-texts-on-desktop-in-windows-2
1. Press Windows and Pause Break button together, and System information windows will open.
2. Click on Advance System Settings.
3. In Advanced System Settings Click on Advance.
4. Go to the Settings which is under Performance.
5. Under Performance uncheck the settings Use Drop showdown for icon labels on desktop.
6. Click on Apply and press Ok.
7. Ctrl + Alt + Del to open Task Manager. In the Processes tab scroll down till you see Windows Explorer.
Highlight it then click on the Restart button in the lower right corner.
The regedit seen in above link only works until you save your Theme. Then it adds the drop shadow again.
You have to Restart Windows Explorer again. Use Task Manager to do that.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
On the right-side, look for the entry labeled ListViewShadow. Double-click on the same and change its value from 1 to 0 (zero) to disable shadows for texts. And enter 1 (one) as value data to enable the same.
You can now change to the colors you want and get rid of the drop shadows on the icon text.
It's called Linux. And if I can do it, *anyone* can do it.
Thanks. I’ve a Win10 partition on this machine, but mostly use MacOS X.