My taskbar and sidebar turned white.

My taskbar has been black and my sidebar was clear that now they are both white. It is not happened to one of the other users on the computer. How to get back to normal?

Hi nanny Tara

Thanks for posting on Microsoft Answers.

Please, try the following to resolve the problem.

Right-click on an empty space on your desktop
Click Customize
Click Windows color and appearance
Click Open classic Windows properties
Windows Aero color scheme

Please let us know if it helped to solve the problem - thank you

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