Start Button Color

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Andrew Moseley

I've looked and looked for a way to change the Start
Button color but I can't do it. Is there something that
I'm missing? I can change everything else except for the
start button.

Someone please help,

Andrew Moseley
 
Andrew Moseley said:
I've looked and looked for a way to change the Start
Button color but I can't do it. Is there something that
I'm missing? I can change everything else except for the
start button.

Someone please help,

Andrew Moseley
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First you must break the uxtheme.dll as this only allows certified Microsoft
themes to run on XP. There are replacements available on the net to do this,
just search Google. Then you would need to use Resource Hacker to modify or
replace the bitmap used for the Start Button, which can be found in the Luna
style file located in your themes folder.
{C:\Windows\resources\themes }
 
Andrew Moseley said:
I've looked and looked for a way to change the Start
Button color but I can't do it. Is there something that
I'm missing? I can change everything else except for the
start button.

Someone please help,

Andrew Moseley
Click to expand...

The start button is not just a color. It's an actual bitmap embeded into
one of the system files. You can change it with a hex editor or even
better, use a resource editor. I use Hackman and Resource Hacker. Google
them both. I'm not sure where the bitmap is located, but I do know it's not
in explorer.exe. Look around some of the other system files. And try to
Google changing resouces for start menu button.

Pho
 
cyberfiche said:
The start button is not just a color. It's an actual bitmap embeded into
one of the system files. You can change it with a hex editor or even
better, use a resource editor. I use Hackman and Resource Hacker. Google
them both. I'm not sure where the bitmap is located, but I do know it's not
in explorer.exe. Look around some of the other system files. And try to
Google changing resouces for start menu button.

Pho
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You first need to hack the uxtheme.dll which prevents any themes that are
not Microsoft certified from being applied. You can download a replacement
for this file off the web, just do a Google search. Then you can modify or
swap the Start Button bitmap which is located in the Luna themes file at:
C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Luna (Make sure you're in the Luna folder and
not trying to use the one in the Themes folder)

The default green bitmap will be in the Luna theme under bitmap and is named
BLUE_STARTBUTTON_BMP
 
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