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12-11-2010   #1


Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
 
 

change the sidebar color in control panel..

umm...

can you help me???

how to change the side bar color in control panel...
i want to change it into grey...

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12-11-2010   #2


Windows Pro 64bit
 
 


Hi chrisna, I don't remember that location, but here is a tip to make it easier to find thing in VSB!!

Use the search at the top of VSB, in this case try typing 'control panel' into the search box!! this will give you only items related to the control panel.

This is what I used to do when I was learning VSB. Hope this helps....

Ant*
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12-11-2010   #3


Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
Hi chrisna, I don't remember that location, but here is a tip to make it easier to find thing in VSB!!

Use the search at the top of VSB, in this case try typing 'control panel' into the search box!! this will give you only items related to the control panel.

This is what I used to do when I was learning VSB. Hope this helps....

Ant*
what is VSB???
i need the screenshot,, well... if you not mind...
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12-11-2010   #4


Windows Pro 64bit
 
 


Sorry I assumed you were using visual style builder for creating themes.

What are you using to create your themes?
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12-11-2010   #5


Acer laptop W 7 Pro SP1 64 bit & Dell Desktop W 7 Pro SP1 32 bit
 
 


You will not find that in VSB OR WSB it's in a system file I do not know which one someone will know & chime in
Jerry
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12-11-2010   #6


Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
Sorry I assumed you were using visual style builder for creating themes.

What are you using to create your themes?
i'm not a theme maker,,, i just using tuneUp styler to change the themes..
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12-11-2010   #7


Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Bongo View Post
You will not find that in VSB OR WSB it's in a system file I do not know which one someone will know & chime in
Jerry
yap... ...
maybe reshacker will change it,, but... i don't know how to change it..
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12-11-2010   #8


Acer laptop W 7 Pro SP1 64 bit & Dell Desktop W 7 Pro SP1 32 bit
 
 


Here you go this young man has a program to do that change
Windows 7 Task Pane Changer : Change Windows 7 Task Pane With One Click | door2windows
& some panes here Sign In (my need to make a account )

Jerry
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12-11-2010   #9


Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit.
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Bongo View Post
Here you go this young man has a program to do that change
Windows 7 Task Pane Changer : Change Windows 7 Task Pane With One Click | door2windows
& some panes here Sign In (my need to make a account )

Jerry
i've been download it... but.. after restart... poof.... Blue Screen On Display...
maybe there is manual instruction....
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12-11-2010   #10


Acer laptop W 7 Pro SP1 64 bit & Dell Desktop W 7 Pro SP1 32 bit
 
 


I have not use that. I did find out where the images are I have not change images in shell32 ether but you use restorator Restorator - Bome Software - Restorator - the resource editor for customization, localization, and translation. or something like it & the images need to be in bitmap format. You will need to take ownership of the file to change it. But BACKUP you PC first & ask other for more details.

Images at
C:\windows\System32\shell32.dll bitmaps 632 & 633

How to take ownership (got off the web & I have use it)
Right click on the file and go to 'properties'.
Click on the 'security' tab.
Click 'Advanced'.
Click on the 'Owner' tab.
Click 'Edit'.
Select your user and click OK.
Click OK on the next box.
Then OK on the final box.

Now right click on the file again and go to 'Properties'
Click on the 'security' tab.
Click 'Edit'.
Select 'Users'.
In the bottom part of the box, tick the box to allow 'Full Control'
Click OK then OK again on the last box.

You now own that file and have full permissions over it.

Now simply right click and 'rename' the extension of the file to .BAK
Then paste in your replacement file.

Jerry
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