Since upgrading to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8 I've noticed the colour of the tiles looks awful, is there a way to change these that is...
As you can see below my GIT icons are barely visible :(
The background color of a Tiles dashboard workspace can be set by clicking on Edit Tiles at the top left of your Tiles dashboard, selecting Change Background to bring up the Background Settings menu, and selecting the advanced option at the bottom right.
Click or tap Personalize in the left column. Click or tap Start Screen in the right panel. Drag the Change Background Color slider to the color you want. Click or tap the desired background pattern.
I don't have a non XML
Solution, but the XML
solution is quite easy to follow and could easily be converted into a tool.
For example to change the background of the GIT Bash
tile:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
(to find the shortcut: right click -> goto location)C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin
)Create a sh.visualelementsmanifest.xml
with the content:
<Application xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<VisualElements
BackgroundColor="maroon"
ShowNameOnSquare150x150Logo="on"
ForegroundText="light"/>
</Application>
(full spec at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn393983.aspx)
In reference to Xyroid's answer which has - so far - received no points, maybe this is because the link has changed / gone.
OblyTile, for those who want a GUI to manage Tile design, works perfectly on my Windows 8.1
The link to this is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1899865
In particular, the developer has provided much improved icons for some internal windows apps (e.g. Control Panel) where the standard tile doesn't really match the design of the other Modern App tiles.
(I would have just added a comment, but I still need more reputation)!
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