re: How to change start button color in XP?? Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 6:22 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by p (2 messages posted) Download uxtheme. dll for your system. Go to www.withinwindows.com/uxtheme-patches/. I have xp sp3 so I used file 6.0.2900.558_EN.rar. Extract it and save the uxtheme.dll file somewhere besides desktop. Go into safe mode and go to C:\WINDOWS\ system32 and find the file uxtheme.dll, rename it to uxthemeOLD.dll. I also had a file called uxtheme(3).dll and I renamed it uxtheme(3)OLD.dll. Now copy that other uxtheme.dll file from withinwindows.com to the same C:WINDOWS\system32. Restart. Now download Resource Hacker from www.angusj.com/resource hacker/. Use Europe location. Extract it. Now use the information from Mantis_1 Goto C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Luna and copy the Luna directory. Paste the copy on your desktop for a moment and rename it "Mytheme" or some such. Now cut that new "Mytheme" directory and paste it next to the Luna directory so it'll be: C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Mytheme. Also copy Luna.theme file to the desktop and rename it Mytheme.theme then cut and paste it back into the directoy it came from. Now go into the Mytheme directory and locate "luna.msstyles"... rename it to "Mytheme.msstyles". Now use Resource Hacker to open up your Mytheme.msstyles. Replace any or all of the STARTBUTTON_BMP files that are located in the Bitmap section, there are 3 different sets: BLUE_STARTBUTTON_BMP, HOMESTEAD_STARTBUTTON_BMP, AND METALLIC_STARTBUTTON_BMP ... edit the pictures if you like, etc. Copy them into your favorite paint program. Leave the pinkish edges alone or not, you'll see. In ResHacker click Action, Replace Bitmap, Click Open file with new bitmap, find your edited bmp file and click replace. Click File, Save and now goto Display Properties / Appearance and you should now have 3 or 4 listings under "Windows and Buttons": (1) Windows Classic Style choice and (2) options of Windows XP Style. One of these two Windows XP Style selections is your new Mytheme.msstyles I did all of the stuff above except for installing the uxtheme.dll and it wouldn't work. Once I installed that it was smooth sailing. If you want to change the text on the Start Button go here: http://www.theeldergeek.com/change_text_on_xp_start_button1.htm On Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 9:55 am, alexis wrote: > > Written in response to: re: How to change start button color in XP?? (alexis: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 9:55 am) Responses to this message: re: How to change start button color in XP?? (p: Monday, December 22, 2008 at 11:11 am) All messages in this thread [show all] How to change start button color in XP?? (POTF: Sat, Sep 1, 2001, 6:07 am) re: How to change start button color in XP?? 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