Making taskbar icons "flat"?

[Cvette]

Is it possible to remove the 'button'-like look of my taskbar icons? There is way too much shine, and gloss to my liking. I would like to get them looking like the large quick launch icons if possible, in the way that they have no border, or effects, simply just an icon.

 

[Bongo]

You could use this tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/266336-taskbar-button-change-color-orange-flashing-button.html and edit all the button states, making them transparent.
Or
If you are using the default aero theme I can change that for you, using Windows Style Builder and post it here in a zip folder.
If you are using a custom theme you will need to ask the theme maker. It's not cool to change someone else work.
&
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

Let me know.
Jerry

 

[Cvette]

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for. I am using a custom theme so as said in the tutorial, the #'s for each resource would be different. I managed to find them though. I opened them in GIMP, and deleted everything within the rectangle so that it would be completely blank, and transparent. I installed the theme, yet it had no effect at all on the taskbar icons. Out of curiosity I changed the position of the taskbar to the left, and right side my screen, voila! It works, but only on the sides of my screen. I wonder what I'm doing wrong...

 

[Bongo]

Post a link to the theme and I will look at it.

Did you edit 4 or 8 images? There are 4 images for the top/bottom taskbar buttons and 4 images for left/right taskbar buttons.

Jerry

 

[Cvette]

Here you go

Windows 8 VS for Win7 by =fediaFedia on deviantART

I believe I edited 3 sets of 4 images in total. Each quite a few #s apart from each other.

 

[Bongo]

Top/Bottom button
#s
1150,1151,1152,1153

Left/Right button
#s
1160,1161,1162,1163

Jerry

 

[Cvette]

Thank you!

 

[Bongo]

You're Welcome