There is another 'built-in' way, but you won't like it (described in the 'More information' section). Unfortunately, that's all you can change in Windows 10 this way: it will change the color of the mouse selection on the desktop and the color of the text selection (and not in all programs).

Close the registry editor and restart your computer or log off and log on again.

Repeat the same action for the parameter HotTrackingColor.

For example, in my case, it is dark green: 0 128 0 Changelog: Added precision and text select. Hope you will like them And if you are curious it took me about 30 mins to make them. They are good if you want better cursor visibility. Windows 10 cursors with yellow transparent highlight. If you want to change more than the options you see through those menus, check into software that changes your theme. Pull up the Drop Down list and select 'Selected Items'.

In the right pane of the registry editor, find the option Highlight, double click on it and set the desired value to match the color. Download (13.5 kB) 10350 downloads How to download Tweet Share Pin it. If you want to change the color of Selected Items, Go to the Personlization Menu again and Select Window Color at the Bottom.

Navigate to the registration section КомпьютерHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelColors.

Press Win + R on your keyboard (Win is the key with the Windows logo), type regedit and press Enter.

To set the selected Windows 10 highlight color in the registry editor, you will need to follow these steps: You can also write in Yandex «Color palette» or the name of any color, a kind of palette will open, which you can switch to RGB mode (red, green, blue) and choose the desired color. In the color dialog, select the desired color using the provided controls. To find a suitable value, open Microsoft Paint and click on the Edit color button. To find the color you want you can use any graphic editor that allows you to randomly select colors, such as Paint's built-in editor, which will display the numbers you want, as in the screenshot above. To Change Highlighted Text Color in Windows 10, Open the Registry Editor app.