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REM  Saturday, September 26, 2020

REM  by Robert J. Sawyer | sawyer@sfwriter.com | https://sfwriter.com

REM  Provided as is with no warranty of any kind / use at your own risk.

REM  For use with Evernote for Windows only.

REM  This batch file changes the on-screen display of the background
REM  color of Evernote notes (without actually altering the note in
REM  any way) and also changes the on-screen display of the background
REM  color for the note list as well as making the highlight color and
REM  divider lines in the note list contrast well with the new
REM  background color.

REM  Special thanks to Ashetty for suggesting revised SFK commands.

REM  Follow these steps; the whole process should take you less than 
REM  ten minutes:

REM  [ ] First, set the Dark theme for Evernote's Left Panel 
REM      display -- the only part of a night mode that Evernote's
REM      developers actually give Windows users.  You can do that
REM      at this setting inside the Evernote client:

REM      Tools | Options | General | Left panel theme | Default (dark)

REM  [ ] Next, Initiate an Evernote sync by clicking the Sync icon in
REM      the Evernote tool bar and wait until it is complete.

REM  [ ] Now, exit the Evernote program (File menu, and then Exit).

REM  [ ] Also close the Evernote tray icon (the elephant symbol) by
         right-clicking on it and selecting "Quit Evernote")

REM  [ ] If you acquired this file you're looking at right now with
REM      the name EN-color.txt you must first rename it to
REM      EN-color.bat (Windows may give you a warning about the
REM      danger of changing a file type; ignore the warning).

REM  [ ] Place this file -- EN-color.bat -- in you Evernote program
REM      folder, which is probably "c:\Program Files\Evernote\Evernote"
REM      but might be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Evernote\Evernote"

REM      If it isn't in either of those places (only one of which should
REM      exist), you can find out where your Evernote.exe is located by
REM      right-clicking on the Evernote icon, then selecting properties,
REM      then the "Shortcut" tab, and looking at the value in "Start in"
REM      field; that value is the folder that contains your Evernote.exe
REM      file.

REM  [ ] THIS BATCH FILE REQUIRES THE FREE UTILITY SWISS FILE KNIFE,
REM      WHICH YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FROM HERE:

REM      http://stahlworks.com/dev/swiss-file-knife.html

REM  [ ] Place sfk.exe in your Evernote program folder, which, again, is
REM      probably c:\Program Files\Evernote\Evernote but might be
REM      c:\Program Files (x86)\Evernote\Evernote

REM  N O T E   ***   N O T E   ***   N O T E   ***   N O T E   ***   N O T E
REM
REM      If you are running a third-party antivirus program (something other
REM      than Windows Defender, which is included with Windows), you may get
REM      a warning that sfk.exe is unsafe.  What that means is that the
REM      antivirus program has (quite rightly) detected that sfk.exe has
REM      the ability to modify program files -- which is exactly what we're
REM      about to use it for.  Disable your antivirus program and try again.

REM  [ ] If your Evernote program is not on Drive C:, edit the first line
REM      below to show the appropriate drive letter (if your Evernote
REM      is on Drive D:, for instance, then just change this to D:).

C:
CD \

REM  [ ] Next, you have to get to a command prompt.

REM      Under Windows 10, click Start.  Scroll down and expand the
REM      "Windows System" folder.  RIGHT-CLICK on "Command Prompt," and
REM      choose "Run as administrator."  (If that doesn't work -- if you
REM      don't have administrator privileges on your computer, then just
REM      LEFT-CLICK on "Command Prompt.

REM      Under Windows 7, that s "Run" from the start menu, then type CMD
REM      and hit Enter.

REM  [ ] You'll now see the command prompt, which will look something like
REM      this:

REM      C:\Users\Username>

REM      Your cursor will be right after the ">" sign. At that spot type
REM      PRECISELY THIS (spaces matter):

REM      cd "\Program Files\Evernote\Evernote"

REM      The command prompt will change to:

REM      C:\Program Files\Evernote\Evernote>

REM      IF AND ONLY IF that doesn't work, THEN AND ONLY THEN type this:

REM      cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Evernote\Evernote"

REM      The command prompt will change to:

REM      C:\Program Files (x86)\Evernote\Evernote>

REM  [ ] And now it's magic time!  At the command prompt, type the name
REM      of this very batch file:

REM      EN-color.bat

REM      A bunch of messages will flash on your screen, and you'll end up
REM      with a display similar to this:

REM             [total hits/matching patterns/non-matching patterns]
REM             [001/1/0] Evernote.exe
REM             1 files checked, 1 changed.

REM             [total hits/matching patterns/non-matching patterns]
REM             [004/1/0] Evernote.exe
REM             1 files checked, 1 changed.

REM             [total hits/matching patterns/non-matching patterns]
REM             [009/1/0] Evernote.exe
REM             1 files checked, 1 changed.

REM      If the FIRST "changed" line says "0 changed" instead of "1 changed,"
REM      that means the background color for notes failed to be changed for
REM      some reason (probably, in this case and the two below, because
REM      you've already run this batch file).

REM      If the SECOND "changed" line says "0 changed" instead of "1 changed,"
REM      that means the background color for the notes list failed to be
REM      changed for some reason.

REM      If the THIRD "changed" line says "0 changed" instead of "1 changed,"
REM      that means the background color for the divider line in the notes
REM      list failed be changed for some reason.

REM  [ ] At the command prompt type:

REM      exit

REM      That will close the command-prompt session.

REM  [ ] If you disabled your antivirus program earlier, re-enable
REM      it now.

REM  [ ] Finally, simply run Evernote as normal, and you should see
REM      darker background colors for notes and for the note list.

REM      That's it!

REM  =======================================================================

REM  The information below is for advanced users who might want to
REM  modify this batch file or for those who simply are curious about
REM  what this batch file does.

REM  As only one of these two folders likely exists, this should work
REM  on most Evernote installations.  If you wish, you can put REM in
REM  front of the line specifying the folder that DOESN'T contain your
REM  Evernote installation program.  It's possible your Evernote
REM  installation is in some other folder than either of these:

CD "\Program Files\Evernote\Evernote"
CD "\Program Files (x86)\Evernote\Evernote"

cls

REM  This command makes a backup copy of Evernote.exe, just in case:

copy Evernote.exe Evernote.ok /y

cls

REM  Note that below I've written the hex color codes in mixed case:
REM  the first byte (two characters) uses uppercase; the second byte
REM  (two characters) uses lower case; and the third byte (two
REM  characters) uses upper case again.  This has no effect on
REM  functionality; I've simply adopted this convention to make it
REM  easier to do a case-sensitive search for the changed strings
REM  within Evernote.exe with a hex editor, in case something goes
REM  wrong.

REM  =======================================================================

REM  Sets background color for notes (#B2b1B3 is a light gray):

sfk rep Evernote.exe -firsthit -text "/-webkit-touch-callout:text;/background-color:#B2b1B3;  /" -yes

REM  =======================================================================

REM  If you prefer a soft-green background (as I do), comment out the
REM  line above by adding "REM" to the beginning of it uncomment this one
REM  instead (by removing "REM" from the beginning of it):

REM  sfk rep Evernote.exe -firsthit -text "/-webkit-touch-callout:text;/background-color:#C0dcC0;  /" -yes

REM  =======================================================================

REM  Below is an older version of the note-color patch for pre-2019
REM  versions of Evernote; it's here for users who have stayed on that
REM  older version.  You can safely activate the line by removing
REM  "REM" from the beginning of it; it won't do anything in modern
REM  versions of Evernote.exe:

REM  sfk rep Evernote.exe -firsthit -text "/-webkit-touch-callout: text;/background-color: #B2b1B3;  /" -yes

REM  =======================================================================

REM  Sets background color for the note list (#F5deB3 is a wheat color):

sfk rep Evernote.exe -text -case /#F8F8F8/#F5deB3/ -yes

REM  =======================================================================

REM  Sets divider line color used in the note list and highlight color
REM  used for the selected note (#DDa0DD is a plum color):

sfk rep Evernote.exe -text -case /#E6E6E6/#DDa0DD/ -yes

REM  =======================================================================

REM  If you want to play around with other color codes, copy Evernote.ok
REM  to Evernote.exe (to get back to the default colors) and choose
REM  hex codes from the list here:  https://htmlcolorcodes.com/color-names/

REM  =======================================================================

REM  If something goes wrong, or you want to simply get back to an
REM  unmodified copy of Evernote.exe, you can always reinstall Evernote;
REM  you can get the installer here:  https://evernote.com/download
REM  Your notes and notebook structure will be left just as you had them
REM  even if you do a reinstall.

REM  [end of file]