Taskbar color

I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter what
color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and never
changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.

BUMP

"hayers" wrote:

> I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter what
> color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and never
> changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.

This is by design.

"hayers" <> wrote in message
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>I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter what
> color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and
> never
> changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.

I bet you it does change. Just not enough to notice unless you look hard.

--
Robert Firth

"hayers" <> wrote in message
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> I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter what
> color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and
> never
> changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.

I have the SAME EXACT ISSUE. It worked for me once! I made my task bar purple
and clear and the start menu showed up that way too...but then i
troubledshooted with my computer maker an issue I was having and then it went
away and I cant get it back no matter what I do.

All I did was personalize my windows the same way you are talking about and
it changed the color of my taskbar...however post troubleshooting I am unable
to acheive this and my taskbar and start menu are black and not clear...yuck.

So YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLOR OF YOUR TASK BAR. I think there is a bug with
vista...there is a whole buncha bugs with vista dont even get me started!!!

"hayers" wrote:

> I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter what
> color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and never
> changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.

Are you running Aero?
I am, and when I change the color, the borders, Taskbar & Start Menu change
to the same color.
Not a problem.



"DisgruntledVisaUser" <> wrote
in message news:BE54FBA2-161C-4530-8BBC-...
> I have the SAME EXACT ISSUE. It worked for me once! I made my task bar
> purple
> and clear and the start menu showed up that way too...but then i
> troubledshooted with my computer maker an issue I was having and then it
> went
> away and I cant get it back no matter what I do.
>
> All I did was personalize my windows the same way you are talking about
> and
> it changed the color of my taskbar...however post troubleshooting I am
> unable
> to acheive this and my taskbar and start menu are black and not
> clear...yuck.
>
> So YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLOR OF YOUR TASK BAR. I think there is a bug with
> vista...there is a whole buncha bugs with vista dont even get me
> started!!!
>
> "hayers" wrote:
>
>> I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter
>> what
>> color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and
>> never
>> changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.

You can only alter the color of the Taskbar if you have AERO Glass or AERO
Standard themes enabled. AERO Basic does not allow this. Right your desktop
> click Personalize > Windows Color and Appearrance > click in the Themes
list box and select the support themes.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"DisgruntledVisaUser" <> wrote
in message news:BE54FBA2-161C-4530-8BBC-...
>I have the SAME EXACT ISSUE. It worked for me once! I made my task bar
>purple
> and clear and the start menu showed up that way too...but then i
> troubledshooted with my computer maker an issue I was having and then it
> went
> away and I cant get it back no matter what I do.
>
> All I did was personalize my windows the same way you are talking about
> and
> it changed the color of my taskbar...however post troubleshooting I am
> unable
> to acheive this and my taskbar and start menu are black and not
> clear...yuck.
>
> So YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLOR OF YOUR TASK BAR. I think there is a bug with
> vista...there is a whole buncha bugs with vista dont even get me
> started!!!
>
> "hayers" wrote:
>
>> I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter
>> what
>> color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and
>> never
>> changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.

I have Aero Glass...and when I go to change the color's, only the menus
change...the task bar and the start menu won't. What can do I?

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> You can only alter the color of the Taskbar if you have AERO Glass or AERO
> Standard themes enabled. AERO Basic does not allow this. Right your desktop
> > click Personalize > Windows Color and Appearrance > click in the Themes
> list box and select the support themes.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "DisgruntledVisaUser" <> wrote
> in message news:BE54FBA2-161C-4530-8BBC-...
> >I have the SAME EXACT ISSUE. It worked for me once! I made my task bar
> >purple
> > and clear and the start menu showed up that way too...but then i
> > troubledshooted with my computer maker an issue I was having and then it
> > went
> > away and I cant get it back no matter what I do.
> >
> > All I did was personalize my windows the same way you are talking about
> > and
> > it changed the color of my taskbar...however post troubleshooting I am
> > unable
> > to acheive this and my taskbar and start menu are black and not
> > clear...yuck.
> >
> > So YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLOR OF YOUR TASK BAR. I think there is a bug with
> > vista...there is a whole buncha bugs with vista dont even get me
> > started!!!
> >
> > "hayers" wrote:
> >
> >> I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter
> >> what
> >> color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and
> >> never
> >> changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.
>
>
>

I am having the same problem with mine. No matter what I do my taskbar is
still a very ugly grey color. I have tried everything suggested so far. I
also have Premium.

"hayers" wrote:

> I go to Personalization - Window Color and Appearance - and no matter what
> color I change it to the taskbar color always remains a dark gray and never
> changes. I have Windows Vista Premium.