Change the border thickness of standard windows in Windows 8.1

Minimalist lovers will enjoy the fact that you can change the border thickness of standard windows in Windows 8.1 in a few times to make it look more elegant and beautiful. That's just not every user of "eight" knows exactly how it is done and why it needs to use not any particular configuration or instrument, namely tweak the system.

With the help of "the regedit" command you need to open the "Registry Editor" and in it, follow the following path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Control Panel / Desktop / WindowMetrics.

Now, in the right part of the window "Registry Editor", you need to look for a string parameter named «PaddedBorderWidth». The numerical value «PaddedBorderWidth» parameter will be equal to the width of the window, you see. It is worth noting that the value calculated by the formula "-15 * width", so it turns out that standing for the default value of "-60 = 4 px". This implies that manipulating the number, which will be divided by 15, you can add, or reduce the window border:





Thus, if you choose change the border thickness of standard windows in Windows 8.1, and set the value to "-105", the thickness of the frame is equal to "7 px". And if you decide to make the border as thin as possible, then it is necessary to set a numeric value is "0", that is equal to "1 px" in the visual appearance of the borders of the frame.

Now, it remains to reboot the OS and you are ready!