With Windows 10, Microsoft is trying to please everyone from desktop users to laptop users to tablet users. Windows 10 comes with an overhauled Settings app that attempts to replace the traditional Control Panel by bringing more advanced settings.
Although the Control Panel is very much present in Windows 10, many of the newly added settings and options are present in the Settings app only. As a result, we need to open the Settings app to access and change various Windows settings.
In Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, we could easily access the Window Color and Appearance (Color and Appearance in Windows 8/8.1) by right-clicking on the desktop, clicking Personalize, and then clicking the Color link. In Windows 10, as you probably have noticed by now, right-clicking on desktop and clicking Personalize option opens up Settings app, and not the classic Personalization window.
Although there are options under the Settings app to change the color of Start and other selected areas, many desktop users prefer using the old, nicely laid-out, Color and Appearance section as it includes an excellent color mixer as well.
The good thing is that Color and Appearance is still part of Windows 10, but the only thing is that it’s not easily reachable. The Color and Appearance doesn’t appear when you try to search the same from the Start search box. There is no way to open up the same from the Control Panel as the link to Color and Appearance has been removed from Control Panel.
If you’re missing the Color and Appearance window in Windows 10, you can use this guide to access the same. While using Windows 10, you can follow the directions mentioned in one of the given below methods to open and use Color and Appearance.
Method 1: Open Color and Appearance in Windows 10 Via Run Command
Method 2: Create a shortcut of Window Color and Appearance in Windows 10
Way 1 of 2
Open Color and Appearance in Windows 10
We tested this method on version 1909 (Windows 10 October 2019 Update), and it worked great.
Step 1: Open the Run command box with the help of Windows + R keyboard shortcut. Or, type Run command in the Start/taskbar search and then hit the Enter key to open the same.
Step 2: In the box, type the following code, and then press Enter key to open Color and Appearance window.
shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921} -Microsoft.Personalization\pageColorization
Method 2 of 2
To create a shortcut of Color and Appearance
If you often need to access the Color and Appearance window in Windows 10, you can create a shortcut of the same on the desktop and then pin it to the taskbar or Start.
Step 1: Right-click on desktop, click New and then click Shortcut.
Step 2: In the Type the location of the item box, copy and paste the following path.
explorer.exe shell:::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4bfe-8F11-A626DCB6A921} -Microsoft.Personalization\pageColorization
Click Next button.
Step 3: Under Type a name for this shortcut, enter Color and Appearance, and then click the Finish button to create the shortcut of Color and Appearance shortcut on your desktop.
You may now pin the Color and Appearance shortcut to the taskbar by moving it to the taskbar area.
