While trying to enable colorized Taskbar, Start Menu and Action Center in Windows 10, I noticed that the option to enable colors on these UI elements was grayed out i.e. disabled.
Actually Windows 10 newer versions come with new Light Theme which shows Taskbar, Start Menu, Action Center, notification area fly-outs, context menus, etc in light Grey color as shown in
following screenshot:
Many users may not like the new Light Theme mode in Windows 10 and may want to enable dark colorized Taskbar and Start Menu. To do this, we need to open Settings app and enable colorization option.
The problem starts if you don't change the "Choose your color" option and keep it set to "Light" option, you'll notice that the checkbox "Start, taskbar, and action center" present under "Show accent color on the following surfaces" is grayed out and you can't change it.
Following screenshot shows grayed out option:
You can't click on the option and can't enable it.
It happens because the new Light Theme doesn't support colorization i.e. colors on Taskbar, Start Menu and Action Center. That's why Windows automatically disables this option and blocks users to change or modify it.
To be able to customize this option, you'll need to either select "Dark" or "Custom" options from "Choose your color" drop-down box and the "Show accent color on Start, taskbar, and action center" checkbox will be immediately activated.
Once the option becomes available, you can enable accent color on Start, Taskbar and Action Center by turning on the checkbox.
