How to Change the Orange Flashing Taskbar Button Color in Windows 7
Information
This tutorial will show you how to change the orange flashing taskbar button color in Windows 7. You could use it to change to other states also.
Tip
You should make a new theme so the defaut aero.msstyles does not get corrupt. Look at Post #38 to see how http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/135985-start-menu-color-change-4.html#post1358071
You will need to do 1 of these 2 ways of Enabling custom themes so the new theme will 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
You will need to do 1 of these 2 ways of Enabling custom themes so the new theme will 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
Note
These image #s are only for the default aero.msstyles 3rd party custom themes have different #s
Note
The Top and Bottom taskbar button image are each 60px wide x 40px high. The #s are 1014,1015,1016,1017 and all have the top 7 states just #1014 has 10 states.
The Left and Right taskbar button image are each 60px wide x 46px high. The #s are 1024,1025,1026,1027 and all have the top 7 states just #1024 has 10 states.
The Left and Right taskbar button image are each 60px wide x 46px high. The #s are 1024,1025,1026,1027 and all have the top 7 states just #1024 has 10 states.
Note
The Pinned states are anything pinned on the taskbar.
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1: Open Restorator and Click on the open button.
2: In the Open window lower right change it to All files(*.*).
3: Navagate to the .msstyles that you just made, Click on it, then Click on Open.
4: Click on the Arrow at Image to expand it and Scroll down to 1014 and Click on it.
5: Click on Resources > Extract > Click on Extract as "1014.png".
6: Name it 1014 and Click Save (save it to your desktop).
7: Open Gimp, Click on File then Click on Open.
Navagate to the 1014.png you just saved on Click Open. Image is open in Gimp
8: Click on View > Zoom > Click on 8:1 (800) (will be easier to see).
9: On the Gimp Toolbox top left Click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool.
10: Scroll down to 240px, with the Rectangular Marquee Tool left click and hold down on the mouse button and from 240px draw to the right and down to 280px > x 60px wide, there should be a move line around the area.
11: Click on Color then Click on Colorize.
12: In the Colorize window move the sliders to your liking Click OK (if preview is checked you will see the changes before you click OK).
13: When done editing Click File, Click Save.
14: Back at Restorator Click on 1014. Click on Resources > Assign > Click on Assign to "1014.png".
15: Navagate to the 1014.png you just edited Click on it and Click Open. You will see the change.
16: Click File > Click Save. Restorator will save a backup copy.
Done
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