helix137

On 7/26/2016 at 1:15 PM, helix137 said:

OK, will do!  Nothing memory resident was running.

 

Helix

Installed the lastest version 6.2.2 and ran your batch file with SFK. This time it worked to change the background color of the note but did not change the  EE F1 F2 color. I then did a Find-Replace in the hex editor and that found 7 occurrences that were changed but nothing visually changed in the back ground color in Evernote. So I was able to get 1/2 of it to work.

Helix

OK, will do!  Nothing memory resident was running.

Helix

Thanks, Robert. I think everything is operating OK since skf and the bat file worked fine in an older version of Evernote.  I'll try the hex editor thing with a newer version of Evernote. I was searching in both the hex code and in the text using "background-color: #eef1f2". I'll try a different hex editor too and see if I can unravel it some more.

Helix

Thanks for replying, Robert!  I tried using a hex editor to make the changes in the .exe file. Granted, I have never used a hex editor before but searching the file, I could find no  eef1f2.  My thinking was that they changed the color in the .exe file which would cause the bat file not to work.

I went back to an older version of Evernote and the bat file worked just fine. So that tells me I'm doing it all correctly, just cannot get it to work on the 6.2 release. The paths are all correct.

I guess all I can do is stay with the older version until another new version comes out and try that one.

Any other ideas for me?

Helix Fairweather

Just now, DTLow said:

If it helps, I apply a background colour to my notes by using a table.

It could be just a 1/1 table, but it allows me to apply colour choices.

We can't do that with a PC unless we go into the ENML code and, at that, it's easy to mess up when using the note.

Helix

On 7/17/2015 at 11:09 AM, RobertJSawyer said:

NOTE: April 2016:  This technique also works fine with the new Evernote for Windows 6.0 client.

I find the glaring-white background of the Windows Evernote client impossible to use for extended periods.

I solved the problem for the Web version by writing a custom style sheet, which you can get here:

https://userstyles.org/styles/110978/evernote-with-less-eyestrain

But I really needed a solution for the Windows client, the entreaties of many users for a dark/nighttime theme having fallen on deaf ears at Evernote for years now:

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/45681-please-dark-theme/

And so I went spelunking and found where Evernote.exe actually codes for the white background in the display of notes.  This doesn't affect the actual content of the note (if you export it, the .enex file is identical to what it would have been before you made this change), or how other people see your notes (they'll still see them with a white background).  It only affects the display of notes on your own computer.

However, this ONLY changes the display IF you have the following checked in your Windows Evernote client:

        Tools | Options | General | Enable beta features and updates

The attached batch file will automate the entire process of making the change, but you'll need Stahlwork's free Swiss File Knife to run the file, or, if you're savvy with a hex editor, just read the comments in the batch file to make the changes by hand:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/swissfileknife/files/

I've attached the batch file as EN-color.txt, but you'll need to rename it to EN-color.bat before running it (the forum software here doesn't allow uploading with files with the extension. bat).  Look over its contents with any text-file viewer so you can see precisely what it's going to do.

You'll have to re-run this batch file each time you install an Evernote update (which is why I automated the process), but it only takes a second to run.

The net result will be as in the photo attached:  a light-gray background for notes against a darker gray workspace (you can adjust the colors to other values by editing the batch file, if you wish).

I've tested this on Windows 7 Pro 32-bit and Windows XP Pro 32-bit.

Before running it, you will need to edit the batch file to have the proper pathing for your files.

And you need to quit Evernote before applying the patch (exit the Evernote program, then right-click on the Evernote tray icon and select "Quit Evernote").

Note: if you have trouble applying the patch (you get error messages when the batch file runs), do a Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Windows Task Manager and close all Evernote processes, which might include Evernote.exe, EvernoteClipper.exe, and EvernoteTray.exe, then try the patch again.

All best wishes!

Rob

 

EN-color.txt

Hello Rob!  I hope you are still getting replies to this thread. I have used this process for at least a year I would guess. I do it each time Evernote upgrades. Yesterday, however, I could not get it to work. When I download the sfk file and run it from the command prompt, it's just a long set of help commands. Can you suggest what might be going wrong?  I do faithfully run the .bat file after that but it does not change the color scheme.  All Evernote processes have been ended before doing this.

Thank you!

Helix Fairweather

Norton deletes the Swiss Knife file saying it's unsafe. Any ideas on why that might be?

Thanks,

Helix Fairweather