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Tiny Windows Borders for Windows 8 RTM


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#1 Sergey "hb860"

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Posted 26 October 2012 - 20:39

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Tiny Windows Borders allows you to disable huge windows borders in Windows 8, or set any border size from 1 to 10px as you like. This is portable and free tool I have created in near past and now it got an update:
v2.5
Bug fixed: windows does not redraw itself properly
Live preview is removed to improve the speed
v2.0
Added border padding slider
Added live preview
v1.0
Initial release

Also minor ui changes... enjoy.
Now it works very smooth and without bugs :)
Download link


#2 Muhammad Farrukh

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 13:01

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huge windows borders
:laugh:

Yes, they are huge but I am reluctant to try it out as it says, 'Apple and save settings permanently'

#3 grayscale

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 13:23

View PostMuhammad Farrukh, on 28 October 2012 - 13:01, said:

:laugh:

Yes, they are huge but I am reluctant to try it out as it says, 'Apple and save settings permanently'
This can be done through the registry, iirc.

Edit:Change BorderWidth under:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

#4 +skilithead

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 13:37


This

View Postgrayscale, on 28 October 2012 - 13:23, said:

This can be done through the registry, iirc.

Edit:Change BorderWidth under:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics


This ++++. I set mine to "0" and viola , tiny borders ! I've been doing this since CP .

#5 theyarecomingforyou

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 13:50

I did mine via the registry, as I personally don't trust third party apps from random websites. By default the borders are definitely on the large side, obviously to make it easier to resize windows with touch input. I also had to change the default scaling, as it detected my 30" monitor (2560x1600) as having a high DPI and set scaling to 125% (making everything comically large).

#6 +TruckWEB

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 15:31

View Postskilithead, on 28 October 2012 - 13:37, said:


This


This ++++. I set mine to "0" and viola , tiny borders ! I've been doing this since CP .

Well, it did not do anything on my Win8... Set the thing to "0", rebooted and same big borders....

#7 +skilithead

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 15:43

View PostTruckWEB, on 28 October 2012 - 15:31, said:

Well, it did not do anything on my Win8... Set the thing to "0", rebooted and same big borders....

Maybe it didn't stick for some reason . Try running regedit as admin .

#8 +TruckWEB

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 17:00

View Postskilithead, on 28 October 2012 - 15:43, said:

Maybe it didn't stick for some reason . Try running regedit as admin .

Did it again, as admin, it's at "0" but does nothing... Borders are the same.

#9 pack34

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 17:07

View PostTruckWEB, on 28 October 2012 - 17:00, said:

Did it again, as admin, it's at "0" but does nothing... Borders are the same.

What specific value are you changing?

#10 +skilithead

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 17:11

Is it possible that you are confusing "BorderWidth" with "PaddedBorderWidth" ? HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics|PaddedBorderWidth

#11 theyarecomingforyou

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 17:18

You can change the border size with 'PaddedBorderWidth' - the default value is -60 and if you change it to -30 you end up with considerably smaller borders. You can change it further if you want but I don't like the borders to be as small as those in the screenshot above.

#12 +TruckWEB

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 17:29

View Postpack34, on 28 October 2012 - 17:07, said:

What specific value are you changing?

Regedit, run as Admin :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowsMetrics

BorderWidth = 0
PaddedBorderWidth = -30

Restart Win8, go back to Desktop, open My Computer and voilà, same big borders...

I'm not sure why, but I feel like Win8 is laughing at me...

#13 br0adband

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 17:31

Copy and paste this into a plain old text file and then change at least the extension to .reg, I call mine Border_Padding_Fix.reg. Double-click the file and merge the contents with the Registry (this is Windows 8 only, of course).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="0"
"PaddedBorderWidth"="0"

Anytime you adjust settings for appearance in Windows 8 like changing the theme or whatever, you'll more than likely need to redo that setting so, it's easier just having the Registry file patch in some easy to access folder (My Documents, etc) and a quick double-click on it and you're back to the thin borders.

Also, when you merge this you need to log out and back in - doesn't require a reboot, just log out of the current user account and back in, that's it.

#14 +TruckWEB

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 17:34

Okay! So it's the PaddedBorderWidth=0 that made it happen. Nothing before that worked...

Little bit better now, still wish Aero Glass was still here....

THANKS ALL! :D

#15 +skilithead

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 17:41

The default values BorderWidth = -15 I leave alone myself , and set the Padded Border Width to "0" . (Y)