Active window color problem - cannot change the background color

original title: Active window color problem

By right-clicking: Desktop, then click on: personalization / window color and appearance / settings (Advanced) appearance, Windows user can assign a background color of the active window in any application.  This is useful for those of us who don't want a stark white screen; We can assign a mild pastel tint which may be easier on the eyes for long term sessions.

At some recent point, I lost the background color of the active window within Windows uses 'household.  I still not my background color assigned in any application I run (Word, Mail, etc.), but using Windows Explorer to navigate through my hard drive, the active window is now always the default stark white Windows.  How this change and can it be forced to adhere to the assigned active window background color?

Hello

Step 1: Check if the problem continues in a new user account.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-is-a-user-account

Step 2: If the problem does not persist in a new user account, then the old profile could have been corrupted. Try the following article to fix a corrupted user profile.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

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