Change Taskbar and start menu look

[curtranhome]

I was wondering if there was a way too make the taskbar look like vista's bar and make the start menu a different color, maybe even a gradient (if possible)? I have attached an image of what I would like to accomplish.

 

[romar]

possible, using 3rd party themes with uxtheme patched and modified explorer.exe for the startmenu icon.

 

[Arc]

possible, using 3rd party themes with uxtheme patched and modified explorer.exe for the startmenu icon.

Nice, help there, Romar The easiest way to change start button is with this program : Browsing Windows 7 Utilities on deviantART .

But the current theme is a theme from stardock . It is not possible to manage all the parts like theme, start button and icons without purchasing and applying the theme from stardock