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ChristopherMBalz@StanfordAlumni.org (Christopher M. Balz) writes:

> Any luck with this out there?
> 
> I've tried adding to the registry and command-line ('-xrm' options).
> 
> There seem to be a couple different names for the variables:
> 'Emacs.menu*.background' and 'Emacs.menubar.Background'.
> 
> Here's the regedit:
> 
> REGEDIT4 
>  
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs] 
> "Emacs.menubar.Background"="midnight blue"

Emacs uses native menus on Windows, thus the only way to change their
color is through the control panel, along with other Windows
applications.