Policy
Force a specific background and accent color
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows81, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012R2
Forces Windows to use the specified colors for the background and accent. The color values are specified in hex as #RGB. By default, users can change the background and accent colors. If this setting is enabled, the background and accent colors of Windows will be set to the specified colors and users cannot change those colors. This setting will not be applied if the specified colors do not meet a contrast ratio of 2:1 with white text.
Internal name
CPL_Personalization_PersonalColors
Policy ID
e0c7b004bf72
Elements
2
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Start background color: ID PersonalColors_Background | text | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization Value name PersonalColors_Background Type REG_SZ | None | |
| Computer | Accent color: ID PersonalColors_Accent | text | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization Value name PersonalColors_Accent Type REG_SZ | None |
Start background color:
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Value name
PersonalColors_Background
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone
Accent color:
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Value name
PersonalColors_Accent
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone