Change Windows 8 Start Screen Colour [closed]

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I am trying to make a program to change the colour Start Screen of Windows 8 periodically. I've found the registry value to make the change but the problem is that the user must log out then log back in to see the changes. Is there a way to send the system a message or something that changes the colour of start screen instantly like how you set it in the Personalization slider?

I'm using C++ as a programming language and Visual Studio 2012.

Any help would be appreciated.

P.S. I would also like my program to change to Lock Screen picture periodically too. It would be nice if someone could share a pointer to that also.

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I don't believe you could set the system theme colour, at least in a Windows Store app. You can't even read from the system theme colour, according to this thread: Windows 8 theme color - accessing it programmatically