Start bar color in WinXP

confuted · 05-02-2003, 05:53 PM

Is there a way to change the start bar to a custom color in WinXP? I'd like to make it black with just the green start button, the quick launch, the clock, and if possible, I'd like to change the background on the little bars for each window you have open as well. I couldn't find a way in the regular settings.

LMNTBoy · 05-02-2003, 06:40 PM

Download 2 programs:
TGTSoft StyleXP
TGTSoft StyleBuilder

StyleXP Will Allow you to use your style, and rund seamlessly with windows, slowing down absolutely nothing.

Stylebuilder will allow you to build your styles.

Both Have a fairly nice-sides license fee, but well worth it.

confuted · 05-02-2003, 08:19 PM

Gah, there has to be an easier way than those programs...I tried, but they...aren't exactly very user friendly.

Geo-Fry · 05-02-2003, 09:14 PM

well theres a site thats like wincustimise.com or something to that effect, ive never been to it but you can change an awful lot, im willing to bet start bar color is one of the things you can change
as far as not using any 3rd party program goes, im not sure if you can change it through windows.

netboy · 05-03-2003, 06:18 AM

Hmmm...Any way to change the colors in the Registry? Or maybe tweaking any specific system files?

05-02-2003, 05:53 PM	#1
confuted Pursuing knowledge Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,916	Start bar color in WinXP Is there a way to change the start bar to a custom color in WinXP? I'd like to make it black with just the green start button, the quick launch, the clock, and if possible, I'd like to change the background on the little bars for each window you have open as well. I couldn't find a way in the regular settings. __________________ Away.
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05-02-2003, 06:40 PM	#2
LMNTBoy Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1	TGTSoft Download 2 programs: TGTSoft StyleXP TGTSoft StyleBuilder StyleXP Will Allow you to use your style, and rund seamlessly with windows, slowing down absolutely nothing. Stylebuilder will allow you to build your styles. Both Have a fairly nice-sides license fee, but well worth it.
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05-02-2003, 08:19 PM	#3
confuted Pursuing knowledge Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,916	Gah, there has to be an easier way than those programs...I tried, but they...aren't exactly very user friendly. __________________ Away.
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05-02-2003, 09:14 PM	#4
Geo-Fry Geo Geo Geo-Fry Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 116	well theres a site thats like wincustimise.com or something to that effect, ive never been to it but you can change an awful lot, im willing to bet start bar color is one of the things you can change as far as not using any 3rd party program goes, im not sure if you can change it through windows. __________________ "You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think." "The Grand Old Duke of York -He had ten thousand men. -His case comes up next week." "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I." "A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing." "More and more of our imports are coming from overseas." --George W. Bush "If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be wacthing TV by candlelight." --George W. Bush
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05-03-2003, 06:18 AM	#5
netboy Addicted to the Internet Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 158	Hmmm...Any way to change the colors in the Registry? Or maybe tweaking any specific system files? __________________ It's unfulfilled dreams that keep you alive. //netboy
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