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Post by enderboy on Oct 19, 2024 0:02:57 GMT -8
Hi, I’m currently making a Windows XP classic theme dark mode, but I don’t know where the start button is located, can anyone give me help?  |
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dylanwindowclassic
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Trying to keep Classic theme alive as much as possible 👅
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OS: Windows 10 Home 22H2 - Apple Bootcamp / Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Theme: Plum - High Colour (MacBook Pro) / Windows Classic Light Caption visual style (malvinas2)
CPU: MacBook: 2.3GHz Quad Core Intel Core i7 / Solo Windows PC: Intel Core i5 - 1.60GHz, 2 Core
RAM: 16GB
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Post by dylanwindowclassic on Oct 19, 2024 0:41:20 GMT -8
I believe the Start button is treated like any other button on the system. So if you wanted to make every control dark, you'd only need to change the button colours in display properties like usual. If you wanted to change some other stuff on the start button, like the logo, then you'll need Resource Hacker. This might be helpful: superuser.com/questions/80706/changing-the-image-on-the-windows-xp-start-button |
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Post by enderboy on Oct 19, 2024 2:57:44 GMT -8
I believe the Start button is treated like any other button on the system. So if you wanted to make every control dark, you'd only need to change the button colours in display properties like usual. If you wanted to change some other stuff on the start button, like the logo, then you'll need Resource Hacker. This might be helpful: superuser.com/questions/80706/changing-the-image-on-the-windows-xp-start-buttonThanks, I had to change the button text colour, btw what do you think so far? Here's the file to test if you want Windows Classic.theme (2.95 KB)  |
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Post by enderboy on Oct 19, 2024 3:16:50 GMT -8
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dylanwindowclassic
New Member
Trying to keep Classic theme alive as much as possible 👅
Posts: 12
OS: Windows 10 Home 22H2 - Apple Bootcamp / Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Theme: Plum - High Colour (MacBook Pro) / Windows Classic Light Caption visual style (malvinas2)
CPU: MacBook: 2.3GHz Quad Core Intel Core i7 / Solo Windows PC: Intel Core i5 - 1.60GHz, 2 Core
RAM: 16GB
Computer Make/Model: Apple
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Post by dylanwindowclassic on Oct 19, 2024 5:43:47 GMT -8
Looks good so far. I'm not booted into Windows at the moment so have checked them out in a classic theme designer. So far, it looks pretty good - I have had a look into the colours, and I think using a dark grey for buttons and menus, rather than black, might make things look a tad more classic while still keeping with the aim of being a dark mode. Windows Classic.theme (2.99 KB) |
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Post by enderboy on Oct 19, 2024 7:53:11 GMT -8
Looks good so far. I'm not booted into Windows at the moment so have checked them out in a classic theme designer. So far, it looks pretty good - I have had a look into the colours, and I think using a dark grey for buttons and menus, rather than black, might make things look a tad more classic while still keeping with the aim of being a dark mode. View AttachmentI like it, how did you change the highlight for the new apps?  |
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dylanwindowclassic
New Member
Trying to keep Classic theme alive as much as possible 👅
Posts: 12
OS: Windows 10 Home 22H2 - Apple Bootcamp / Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Theme: Plum - High Colour (MacBook Pro) / Windows Classic Light Caption visual style (malvinas2)
CPU: MacBook: 2.3GHz Quad Core Intel Core i7 / Solo Windows PC: Intel Core i5 - 1.60GHz, 2 Core
RAM: 16GB
Computer Make/Model: Apple
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Post by dylanwindowclassic on Oct 19, 2024 9:17:55 GMT -8
Looks good so far. I'm not booted into Windows at the moment so have checked them out in a classic theme designer. So far, it looks pretty good - I have had a look into the colours, and I think using a dark grey for buttons and menus, rather than black, might make things look a tad more classic while still keeping with the aim of being a dark mode. View AttachmentI like it, how did you change the highlight for the new apps? View AttachmentI don't think it's something you can easily change in theme settings, so I used a Classic Theme Designer. Link: tpenguinltg.github.io/winclassic/But basically, there's some things that require you to edit the theme file itself to change - not sure why MS didn't allow for some things to be changed without editing the file in a text editor though. |
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