WPF RibbonWindow + Windows 8 - control box looks bad

Question

I have a problem with WPF RibbonWindow and Windows 8. In older windows everything works fine, but on Windows 8 control box (minimalize, maximalize and exit buttons) looks te

Answer 1

What you're asking about is the window theme. The reason it is different in Windows 8 is because Windows 8 has a different default theme than Windows 7. To standardize this you will need to set an explicit theme for your project.

See here on how to explicitly set your theme.

More details on what themes are available in Windows 8 here.

Edit:

See here for details on why this isn't Windows 8 themed. It appears to be a bug that should have been fixed. Check your .net runtime version to make sure it is the latest.