taskbar color

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how can i change the taskbar color?

It is black and i cannot see a downloaders icon good, where the download
rate is with black color.

please advise me
thanks
 
Robert Firth said:
Right click on the desktop, select "personalize". Click "Windows Color and
Appearance". Select a pre-mixed color, or mix one yourself by clicking
"Show color mixer".
Click to expand...

That's just changes the window surround colours and the colour of the
reflected light on the taskbar, which remains black.

I suppose the OP would have to wait for the inevitable hacks and third party
themes.

I used a couple of the better ones with XP; including the Watercolor theme,
which was the original theme for XP. Then Apple upped the ante with MacOSX,
and MS made that awful look for XP which I could never stand and had to
change with third party hacks.

However, the Vista look is very stylish I think, and I don't see any need to
change it.

ss.
 
Well, if you don't keep windows maximized, there is a bit of colored
translucency.
 
Open a single instance of a program, such as Internet Explorer. Next, click
on the taskbar and select "Show windows side by side". Now everytime you
open Internet Explorer, it will open in full screen mode, but with
transparency (borders and taskbar). Do that for all the programs/windows you
would like to have that behavior.

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org
 
this is the same like resizing the window being fullscreen, but not with the
fulscreen option.

Anyway, as i understand this is a bug of vista, that should be corrected.

Vista should change its usability based on how the users works, and not
users work their way of working for vista.

For such an advanced OS, I don't see any reason why not have color setting
for taskbar

thanks
 
Thanks for a great tip, R.F.

To avoid the black title bar, I'd been manually resizing all four sides of
the window.


taking each application window
 
You are talking about having a direct x 9 capable card.

On other systems you cannot do this
 
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