I am trying to make a program to change the colour Start Screen of Windows 8 periodically. I’ve found the registry value to make the change but the problem is that the user must log out then log back in to see the changes. Is there a way to send the system a message or something that changes the colour of start screen instantly like how you set it in the Personalization slider?
I’m using C++ as a programming language and Visual Studio 2012.
Any help would be appreciated.
P.S. I would also like my program to change to Lock Screen picture periodically too. It would be nice if someone could share a pointer to that also.
I don’t believe you could set the system theme colour, at least in a Windows Store app. You can’t even read from the system theme colour, according to this thread:
Windows 8 theme color – accessing it programmatically