Taskbar color

[davidjc]

I dont like the aero effect so I dont use it. I liked the dark grey/black task bar of vista, although on windows 7 the windows basic theme makes the task bar a nasty blue grey colour. So basically can I have the task bar from vista in windows 7?

 

[Sammy]

Yes,

right click on desktop> personalize > windows color > turn off transparency > slide color intensity all the way to the right > make sure the rest of the color mixer slidesr are to the left all they way.

 

[sergiogarcia9]

I dont think so Maybe with windows blinds (for 7 )

 

[sergiogarcia9]

Yes,

right click on desktop> personalize > windows color > turn off transparency > slide color intensity all the way to the right > make sure the rest of the color mixer slidesr are to the left all they way.

He says he has aero turned off, which results in that it is not possible to change the color of the windows or the taskbar.

 

[davidjc]

They shoud have allowed you to change the color of the task bar in windows basic and also independently from the other parts of the window.

 

[Sammy]

He says he has aero turned off, which results in that it is not possible to change the color of the windows or the taskbar.

Well if he wants it black he will have to turn on areo its why I posted what I did.

. I liked the dark grey/black task bar of vista, ?

And I gave him what he wanted

 

[sergiogarcia9]

but i cant see why not to have aero turned on? Only if you have a Pentium 4 system with 512 Mb ram, it would make sence to me.

 

[davidjc]

No i have a fast pc (e8500 @3.8ghz, 4gb ram, crucial ssd etc etc) but i just dont like the look of it for some reason, maybe i will just have to learn to like it.

 

[matt_0978]

Well if he wants it black he will have to turn on areo its why I posted what I did.



And I gave him what he wanted

not true, i disabled transparency and made black:

First uncheck Enable transparency and move Colour intensity all the way right



then click Show colour mixer, move the sliders as shown



Oooh, look at that..we got black taskbar and window frames! :sarc:
is this not wot he wanted?

 

[sergiogarcia9]

not true, i disabled transparency and made black:

First uncheck Enable transparency and move Colour intensity all the way right

View attachment 22617

then click Show colour mixer, move the sliders as shown

View attachment 22618

Oooh, look at that..we got black taskbar and window frames! :sarc:
is this not wot he wanted?

Yeah, kinda, but he wanted it without aero on

 

[davidjc]

Just to make myself clear. I wanted a black/dark grey taskbar like in vista but with normal solid light blue/grey window frames.

 

[Generator]

Aero gives you the glass beams over titlebars and taskbar thumbnails, desktop peek etc, so just turning transparency off isn't the same thing.

 

[Generator]

There's a tutorial here but requires resource editing:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4315-taskbar-customize-skin.html

 

[davidjc]

Thanks for the generator. I wil give it ago.

 

[Sammy]

not true, i disabled transparency and made black:

First uncheck Enable transparency and move Colour intensity all the way right

View attachment 22617

then click Show colour mixer, move the sliders as shown

View attachment 22618

Oooh, look at that..we got black taskbar and window frames! :sarc:
is this not wot he wanted?

After rereading both of our post post this is exaclty what I posted just without screen shots.

 

[davidjc]

There's a tutorial here but requires resource editing:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4315-taskbar-customize-skin.html

View attachment 22626

On that tutorial theres a black task bar theme already done in a zip. Although i cannot work out where to put the unzipped file

 

[Generator]

It's hiding in 'C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Aero' but it just prevented me opening any windows whilst trying it, but I'm on Build 7264 x64.


If you still want to try it: (Make a restore point first!)
Take ownership of the file thats already there at 'C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Aero',

Make a backup of the original 'aero.msstyles',

Switch theme to 'Windows Classic',

Restart PC so Aero gets unloaded,

Overwrite the existing file and then go themes and select it.