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Old 05-17-2007, 08:30 AM
jennifer
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taskbar color

How do I change my taskbar color? It's the ugliest color I have ever seen.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 05-17-2007, 05:00 PM
Thomas Olsen [MSFT]
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Re: taskbar color

Hello Jennifer,

How you change the color depends on the version of Windows Vista you have
and whether you are using Aero. The following Help topic provides
information for changing the color whether you are using Aero or not:

[url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/45314ff4-2a84-4ee3-93af-bac6084eb6081033.mspx#EIC[/url]

I hope this helps you with your problem.

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Old 05-18-2007, 05:40 AM
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Re: taskbar color

Thomas:

Thanks for the reply. My color scheme was windows vista basic, I am using
windows vista home edition. I was able to change most of my advanced settings
on vista basic, but there is no selection for task bar and the horizontal bar.

Also, some of the advanced settings don't work.
For instance, I selected windows active border to red, but it didn't change
And color selections for several items are grayed out: caption buttons, 3D
object, disabled item (but the font has a color selection even though there
is no font). I am not a software tester and I really don't care about other
colors, but I want to change my task bar and side bar color. Is there any way
I can chage it? I don't think the version of my vista should make any
different. If it's not the feature, then they should change it and add it to
the color advance selection.

Thanks!
Jennifer

"Thomas Olsen [MSFT]" wrote:
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> Hello Jennifer,
>
> How you change the color depends on the version of Windows Vista you have
> and whether you are using Aero. The following Help topic provides
> information for changing the color whether you are using Aero or not:
>
> [url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/45314ff4-2a84-4ee3-93af-bac6084eb6081033.mspx#EIC[/url]
>
> I hope this helps you with your problem.
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Old 05-18-2007, 04:50 PM
Thomas Olsen [MSFT]
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Re: taskbar color

Hello again Jennifer,

I'm sorry that the Help topic I pointed you to did not help you solve your
problem. I have passed your product feedback suggestion about being able to
change the taskbar and sidebar colors to the correct feature team at
Microsoft. If I learn anything from them that might help you, I will reply
again to your message.

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Old 05-27-2007, 12:30 PM
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Re: taskbar color

I had the same problem also.. I had google desktop and my taskbar looked
great... google got annoying so i removed it and my taskbar turned to a
boring gray thing... i resolved this problem by right clicking on my desktop
clicking personalize then windo color and apperance icon. now you can select
a different shade of (yourcolorhere)ish greyish black.
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Old 05-15-2009, 10:20 AM
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Re: taskbar color


I've tried everything that you guys have suggested,but i still can't
change the colour of my taskbar, start menu etc. Do you have any other
suggestions? I've tried everything under personalize on the contol
pannel, i've changed it before but I can't remember how i did it and i
want to change it again because for some reason my laptop changed
everything back to default, so back to the icky grey/blue colour :'(


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