When an item is selected in the Solution Explorer of Visual Studio (2008), it shows up with a nice dark colored back ground which makes it easy to find the item.
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But when the Solution Explorer does not have current focus, then the color used makes it extremely hard to determine which item currently has focus.
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Here is what you need to do to change the back ground color of the selected item – when it is in a window that does not have current focus.
Open up the Window Color and Appearance dialog.
- On Windows 7, Go to “Appearance and Personalization” –> “Personalization” –> “Window Color and Appearance”
- Click on “Advanced appearance settings….”
Under “Item” select “3D Objects” and change the color for “Color 1”
(The original color was RGB = 240,240,240).
That should do it.
Note: This solution does not work for Visual Studio 2010.

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