diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
index 3772ef80c51..035d73e7278 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/CDefView.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class CDefView :
             {
                 {   sizeof(WNDCLASSEX), 0, StartWindowProc,
                     0, 0, NULL, NULL,
-                    LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW), (HBRUSH)(COLOR_BACKGROUND + 1), NULL, SV_CLASS_NAME, NULL
+                    LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW), (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 1), NULL, SV_CLASS_NAME, NULL
                 },
                 NULL, NULL, IDC_ARROW, TRUE, 0, _T("")
             };