We’re not going to spend a lot of time here, though, because we’ve already got a full guide to all the ways you can customize your Start menu in Windows 10. You can use them to control whether to show extra tiles on each column of tiles, whether things like your most-used and recently-added apps show up above your full list of apps, and whether to open the Start menu in full-screen mode. There aren’t a whole lot of options available right on the Start personalization screen. The second option uses the accent color for the title bar of your active window. Your two options here are “Start, taskbar, and action center” and “Title bars and window borders.” The first option uses the accent color as the background for your Start menu, taskbar, and action center and also highlights certain items on those elements-such as app icons on the Start menu-with the same accent color. Alternatively, you can select the “Automatically pick an accent color from my background” to have Windows automatically match a color based on the picture you’re using as your background.Īfter picking an accent color, your next step is choosing where Windows uses that accent color. You can pick an accent color from the predefined pallet of colors, or you can click “Custom Color” to get exactly the color you want.

The next set of personalization options-those in the “Colors” category-control how Windows uses color for various on-screen elements. RELATED: How to Set a Different Wallpaper on Each Monitor in Windows 10 Change What Colors Windows Uses and Where They also both provide more advanced tools for working with backgrounds on a single monitor. Of course, there are also third-party utilities like John’s Background Switcher and DisplayFusion, both of which can control images better on a multiple monitor setup. If you do have multiple monitors, you can set a different background picture for each monitor by using File Explorer. Unfortunately, the Personalization screen only lets you select one background, no matter how many monitors you have.

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