How to change the color of the taskbar


  1. cookie66
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
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    How to change the color of the taskbar


    My graphics card doesn't support aero, and the taskbar color is the windows 7 basic color, and I have windows 7 premium, so can I change it?
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  3. Lemur
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    A little video
    YouTube - How to change the taskbar colour on windows 7
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  4. cookie66
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    How to change the color of the taskbar-capture2.png

    Thats all that comes up.......
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  6. Lemur
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    Here's a tutorial by Brink...
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  7. whs
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    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21161/change-the-windows-7-taskbar-color-with-no-extra-software/
    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/25290/change-your-windows-7-taskbar-color-the-easy-way-and-rotate-between-colors/
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  8. Darician
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    As your card does not support Aero, you would need to download a 3rd Party Theme that has the color changed for the taskbar. You would have to do a search for Custom Non-Aero Themes for Windows 7.
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