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Larry Webb
Hi all,
Just got a new computer, and my old computer had a desktop with the XP color scheme I designed but with the Classic Windows Theme.
I saved this theme on my old computer, and now after installing Windows XP SP3 on my new computer, the theme still works on
applications such as Opera, and not on the taskbar which is still that ugly gray. :-(
The old trick of choosing Display Properties\Appearance\Advanced\3d Objects and changing the color of 3d objects no longer seems to
work since SP3. I tried replacing uxtheme.dll but that didn't work. I can get different colored taskbars in XP style, but no color
with the Classic Windows style but that boring gray now after SP3.
Yeah, I know... I can hide it, have it any color XP style, and I even found a program to make it transparent. But not the color of
XP in a Classic Windows Taskbar. One would think it wouldn't be that difficult, but I've wasted all day now searching without an
answer. I'd prefer a simple hack or registry fix over having to install some third-party program. But I don't even know if the
third-party programs allow the Classic Windows Taskbar themselves.
Any suggestions anyone?
Thanks,
Larry
Just got a new computer, and my old computer had a desktop with the XP color scheme I designed but with the Classic Windows Theme.
I saved this theme on my old computer, and now after installing Windows XP SP3 on my new computer, the theme still works on
applications such as Opera, and not on the taskbar which is still that ugly gray. :-(
The old trick of choosing Display Properties\Appearance\Advanced\3d Objects and changing the color of 3d objects no longer seems to
work since SP3. I tried replacing uxtheme.dll but that didn't work. I can get different colored taskbars in XP style, but no color
with the Classic Windows style but that boring gray now after SP3.
Yeah, I know... I can hide it, have it any color XP style, and I even found a program to make it transparent. But not the color of
XP in a Classic Windows Taskbar. One would think it wouldn't be that difficult, but I've wasted all day now searching without an
answer. I'd prefer a simple hack or registry fix over having to install some third-party program. But I don't even know if the
third-party programs allow the Classic Windows Taskbar themselves.
Any suggestions anyone?
Thanks,
Larry