How to change default background color in excel 2010 to make grid more visible

[status1]

I got a new pc with windows 11 and I installed excel 2010 on it The problem I am trying to fix is to have visible grid lines
By default when I right click to open a new spreadsheet it opens with 3 sheets that are all white with no visible grid because the grid lines are also white
On the old pc with windows 7 and excel 2010 I have it so the background is light gray and the grid lines are white but I don't remember how I did it since it was many years ago

I made a template which works if I use excel.exe to open anew spreadsheet but for some reason when I right click it's not using that template
I vaguely remember trying to use a fill color as a background but I am not sure if that is a permanent solution that would work with right click
Can something be done in the registry perhaps ?
Is there a way to know if excel is storing these files somewhere that are used when doing the right click or are these files just built into excel ?

 

[etaf]

not sure on making background grey
BUT to show grid lines on 2010
Excel 2010, go to File > Options > Advanced, scroll down to "Display options for this worksheet", and make sure the "Show gridlines" checkbox is selected

 

[RoryA]

but for some reason when I right click it's not using that template

The template for that is usually "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\SHELLNEW\EXCEL12.XLSX"

 

[status1]

The grid lines are on it's just not visible
I can make the grid lines visible by choosing a different color other than white but that is just for that sheet it does not affect a new sheet
Also I have a template but not in that folder actually I don't have any sub folder called root
I have a template in the XLSTART folder but as I said it makes no difference because when I right click the template is not used

 

[status1]

I put my hard drive back in the old pc with windows 7 and I found out why it is working there
It was the windows color that I set to light gray so it doesn't need any template

Is it possible to change the window color in windows 11 ? I have seen the dark mode but I don't want to use that

 

[etaf]

sorry i have no idea on windows 11 issues , hopefully other members may know

 

[status1]

I finally got it fixed and it was a lot simpler than I thought I did another search for white grid lines and there was a link on the Microsoft website that was provided to a user with similar problem and this was the link Microsoft confirms new Windows 11 issue: some Apps may render Colors Incorrectly - gHacks Tech News

The link was saying that some windows 11 had a problem rendering accurate colors

So than I started thinking that it could be a display issue since it worked on the laptop but not on the desktop So than I adjusted the display from warm to cool while I had the excel open with white grid lines and as soon as I changed the setting to cool the grid lines showed up


Now I can open any file old or new and see the grid lines