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Author Topic: change taskbar colour (like windowblinds)  (Read 12,108 times)

s0l1dsnak3123

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change taskbar colour (like windowblinds)
« on: May 10, 2006, 07:59 PM »
how is this for a challenge... make a program that lets you change your taskbar like window blinds (you dont have to change the bar at the top of every window, but if you really want a challenge...  :P)

Of course if this is too much of a challenge for you guys... (only joking... you guys are really good coders (and generous in not adding adware to keep your software free... so keep the good stuff up  :Thmbsup:)

hope you guys can do this...

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Re: change taskbar colour (like windowblinds)
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2007, 04:12 PM »
It can be done, and it has been done.
Take a look at the pro (Skrommel)'s Colour Taskbar script [ Here ]

EDIT: Oh and it only has effect on the older style of window's task bar, as far as I know..
« Last Edit: July 16, 2007, 04:15 PM by Conquer »

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Re: change taskbar colour (like windowblinds)
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2007, 04:19 PM »
Well, there's always ms's visual styles, which is also free.

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Re: change taskbar colour (like windowblinds)
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2007, 07:32 PM »
patch your uxtheme.dll, and then use jgpaiva's site that he posted.
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karly

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Re: change taskbar colour (like windowblinds)
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2009, 01:15 AM »
I was hoping to find an entire freeware replacement for windowblinds  :( That would be for Vista 32 bit by the way

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Re: change taskbar colour (like windowblinds)
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2009, 09:40 AM »
It can be done, and it has been done.
Take a look at the pro (Skrommel)'s Colour Taskbar script [ Here ]

EDIT: Oh and it only has effect on the older style of window's task bar, as far as I know..

As I understood it Skrommel's script makes the taskbar run though a range of colours over time.
But I think the poster just wants to be able to change the colour and have it stay one colour?
I would like that too.

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