KpoT

Something happened and now all the dialog boxes have red background instead of white!
How do I fix this?? I'm seeing RED!

I'm thinking it's something simple, if it was Windows XP - it would be in the Display Properties > Appearance

But how do I fix this in the WM5?!

spunker88

You can see if cetuner can fix it.

Cetuner changes colors/fonts of the ui, and is similar to customizing colors/fonts on desktop. Its not free, but with the trial you can change and apply 3 things. Then u have to close and reopen.

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KpoT

Is there a direct registry solution - no third-party software?

TechnoGuy

hard reset

davidtm

I'd try a soft reset first, if you haven't already.

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KpoT

Originally Posted by TechnoGuy

hard reset

You're joking, right? There is is obviously a very simple solution! As I already said - in XP this would be done thru the Display Properties > Appearance

In WM5 there certainly is a registry editing way of doing this - the question is to find it!

Hard reset my ass!

P.S.
Yes, I did try soft reseting it - no change :(

spunker88

What do you have against software. It will be 50x harder trying to edit the registry.

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TechnoGuy

Originally Posted by KpoT

You're joking, right? There is is obviously a very simple solution! As I already said - in XP this would be done thru the Display Properties > Appearance In WM5 there certainly is a registry editing way of doing this - the question is to find it! Hard reset my ass! P.S. Yes, I did try soft reseting it - no change :(

If all else fails. You might not have another choice. What so wrong with a hard reset?

KpoT

Originally Posted by TechnoGuy

If all else fails. You might not have another choice. What so wrong with a hard reset?

Umm.. let me see.. How about close to a thousand programs to reinstall, including each programs particular custom settings?

KpoT

There's no way hard reset is acceptable here!
This, again, is a ridiculously simple issue with a fix somewhere in the registry!

silentknight

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index...sMobile5Colors

Take a look here, im sure there's somethin

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KpoT

Originally Posted by silentknight

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index...sMobile5Colors Take a look here, im sure there's somethin

Looks really helpful, but I just can't find there the one dialog color setting that I need to fix the above red problem :(

Haesslich

Here's a stupid question - do you have a backup from before these changes were made? It's NOT as simple as you make it out to be; it's like adjusting the TCP/IP stack's maximum window and packet size in XP - you need special programs or else to manually edit the TCPIP.SYS file. There is no GUI for this in WM5 - when you adjust things like that, you'll have to dig deep into the registry and often muck about with multiple settings, since the OS wasn't designed with customizability of this sort in mind.

KpoT

I finally did HARD RESET...

But now I find there's this RED fringe around some pop up dialogs! This is right after hard reset mind you! What is this thing?? How can it appear after the hard reset?!
Or is it red like that by default? Tell me it's normal, please!...

DoDoubleGeo

Looks like I'm a little late, but for future reference, yes you can make the changes to the UI simply by editing the registry. See the MSDN article Customizing System Colors for details.