>Adam Wheeler wrote: How can i change the colour of the start button in Windows
>XP?
>
>Download something or edit something.
>
>• Change the startbutton color
>
>Copy luna.msstyles from \WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna to your desktop, rename to
>lunaBACKUP.msstyles
>Copy luna.msstyles from \WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna to your desktop again
>
>- open luna.msstyles (the one on the desktop) with Resource
>Hacker
>- navigate to Bitmap/BLUE_STARTBUTTON_BMP/1033
>- (to change the startbutton for the silver and olive taskbars, edit METALLIC_STARTBUTTON_BMP
>or HOMESTEAD_STARTBUTTON_BMP)
>- right-click '1033' and save the bitmap to your desktop
>- edit the color with Adobe Photoshop or Corel PhotoPaint (don't use XPs built-in
>editor 'cos it will change the resolution)
>- note: don't change the pink edge or you'll destroy the start menu border
>- right-click '1033', click Replace Resource, and replace the green button with your
>own version
>- select 'save' or 'save as' from the file menu, other methods result in unusable
>files
>- replace the original msstyles file with your edited version or create a new theme
>(copy the shell folder from luna to your new theme folder)
>- changes will be visible after reboot, log off/log on, or changing theme/visual
>style from the display properties control panel
>
>This trick works with any msstyles file. You may need to patch
>uxtheme.dll to make it work.
>
>Go to this site and click 'Start Menu'
>to change other things, like the text and logo.
>