Larry Webb wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just got a new computer, and my old computer had a desktop with the XP color scheme I designed but with the Classic Windows Theme.
> I saved this theme on my old computer, and now after installing Windows XP SP3 on my new computer, the theme still works on
> applications such as Opera, and not on the taskbar which is still that ugly gray. :-(
>
> The old trick of choosing Display Properties\Appearance\Advanced\3d Objects and changing the color of 3d objects no longer seems to
> work since SP3. I tried replacing uxtheme.dll but that didn't work. I can get different colored taskbars in XP style, but no color
> with the Classic Windows style but that boring gray now after SP3.
>
> Yeah, I know... I can hide it, have it any color XP style, and I even found a program to make it transparent. But not the color of
> XP in a Classic Windows Taskbar. One would think it wouldn't be that difficult, but I've wasted all day now searching without an
> answer. I'd prefer a simple hack or registry fix over having to install some third-party program. But I don't even know if the
> third-party programs allow the Classic Windows Taskbar themselves.
>
> Any suggestions anyone?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry
I just tried what you did and it worked for me. same set up as you