Visual Studio 2012 colour theme format

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I've found the colour theme settings for Visual Studio 2012 at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0_Config\Themes

I can duplicate a dark output window in the light scheme by copying the relevant key so this is definitely where the color comes from (you have to restart the IDE in-between changes).

I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with the format of the binary data in these keys?

Or the Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\ShellColors.pkgdef file that they seem to be created from?

I've tried some experimentation with changing what I guess should be the colour values with without much success.

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It's good to know I'm not the only one digging around trying to change the colors in the new horrible-hard-on-the-eyes interface. - David Anderson

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Try this theme editor I wrote that helps you modify the built-in colors of the Dark/Light themes. Most of Visual Studio's Windowing colors are in the Environment category.

More info here:

Modify Visual Studio 2012 Dark (and Light) Themes

Visual Theme Editor 2012 Source Code