Is there a theme without the lens flare effect on taskbar items?

[unimike1]

I find the standard Win 7 themes, with the high amount of white-on-white text in the task bar from the 3D lens flare effect, to be very difficult to read, and the mouse hover adds even more white, making it even worse.

The only alternative I've seen so far is the high-contrast theme, which is too extreme because of the other desktop elements that it modifies. Does anyone know of a theme that makes the task bar more readable?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Bongo]

Welcome to the Seven Forums
I can change that for you, using Windows Style Builder and post it here in a zip folder. I can remove the white glow affect on the taskbar buttons and I can change the text color also.
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This will be a custom theme and you will need to do 1 of these 2 ways of Enabling custom themes for it to work.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/34579-enabling-custom-themes-windows-7-a.html
Or
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/28377-theme-how-apply-custom-themes.html?filter

I need a name to call the custom theme also.
Let me know.
Jerry

 

[Hermitt43]

Here's a 3rd party theme that is easy on the eyes.
It's called Luna Silver yet when you install it, it's called Luna Metallic.
I use it on a daily basis due to poor eye sight.
Download Windows XP “Luna Silver” Theme for Windows 7 - Tweaking with Vishal

Jim