Toolbar/folder background colour

[Doug]

I've had a quick look through the posts to see if this has come up, but
can't find it. apologies if its obvious but,

Is it possible to change the background colour or picture for a
toolbar/folder? I'm trying to have a nice auto-hide toolbar on the side of
the desktop in the same blue as the startbar.... any suggestions?

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Doug,

For a folder:

http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku


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http://www.mvps.org

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http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku

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"Doug" > wrote in message
...
> I've had a quick look through the posts to see if this has come up, but
> can't find it. apologies if its obvious but,
>
> Is it possible to change the background colour or picture for a
> toolbar/folder? I'm trying to have a nice auto-hide toolbar on the side of
> the desktop in the same blue as the startbar.... any suggestions?
>
>

[Keith Miller]

Good news: it's not obvious -- no apologies are in order :)

Bad news: changing it is not that easy or trivial. It's appearance is =
governed by a bitmap in the luna.msstyles file. A toolbar that is =
free-floating or docked to an edge other than the taskbar uses the same =
background as the toolbar in apps such as explorer.exe. If you want to =
change it, you need to enable unsigned styles through a 3rd-party app or =
the uxtheme.dll patch -- as well as finding a style you like for =
download or editing your own.

Possible happy medium: if you use the silver color scheme included with =
windows, the taskbar and any other toolbars are a much better match.

Hope this helps,
Keith

"Doug" > wrote in message =
...
> I've had a quick look through the posts to see if this has come up, =
but
> can't find it. apologies if its obvious but,
>=20
> Is it possible to change the background colour or picture for a
> toolbar/folder? I'm trying to have a nice auto-hide toolbar on the =
side of
> the desktop in the same blue as the startbar.... any suggestions?
>=20
>

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Doug,

For a folder:

http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku


--

Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org

Folder customizations
http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku

Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"Doug" > wrote in message
...
> I've had a quick look through the posts to see if this has come up, but
> can't find it. apologies if its obvious but,
>
> Is it possible to change the background colour or picture for a
> toolbar/folder? I'm trying to have a nice auto-hide toolbar on the side of
> the desktop in the same blue as the startbar.... any suggestions?
>
>

[Keith Miller]

Good news: it's not obvious -- no apologies are in order :)

Bad news: changing it is not that easy or trivial. It's appearance is =
governed by a bitmap in the luna.msstyles file. A toolbar that is =
free-floating or docked to an edge other than the taskbar uses the same =
background as the toolbar in apps such as explorer.exe. If you want to =
change it, you need to enable unsigned styles through a 3rd-party app or =
the uxtheme.dll patch -- as well as finding a style you like for =
download or editing your own.

Possible happy medium: if you use the silver color scheme included with =
windows, the taskbar and any other toolbars are a much better match.

Hope this helps,
Keith

"Doug" > wrote in message =
...
> I've had a quick look through the posts to see if this has come up, =
but
> can't find it. apologies if its obvious but,
>=20
> Is it possible to change the background colour or picture for a
> toolbar/folder? I'm trying to have a nice auto-hide toolbar on the =
side of
> the desktop in the same blue as the startbar.... any suggestions?
>=20
>