# Win XP Taskbar Color Setting?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-xp-taskbar-color-setting/430893>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 22, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-xp-taskbar-color-setting/430893 "2007-12-22T02:44:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-xp-taskbar-color-setting/430893/1 "2007-12-22T02:44:44Z")

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Got rid of the fancy dancy WinXP Desktop picture for the plain Jane grey color. But how do I change the color of the Taskbar? It is still blue; and do am I!

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-xp-taskbar-color-setting/430893/2 "2007-12-22T03:23:35Z")

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“and do am I” ? 🙂

Right click on the desktop, choose “properties”. Look at the Appearance tab. Choose another color scheme in the Color Scheme pop-up that’s not blue like you. Green and Silver are the other stock choices. Knock yourself out.

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-xp-taskbar-color-setting/430893/3 "2007-12-22T09:10:16Z")

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[QUOTE=squeegee]  
“and do am I” ? 🙂

Right click on the desktop, choose “properties”. Look at the Appearance tab. Choose another color scheme in the Color Scheme pop-up that’s not blue like you. Green and Silver are the other stock choices. Knock yourself out.  
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A few other themes are available (besides skinning software like WindowBlinds and packs that replace systems files with skinned versions, neither of which i would recommend). The one I use is a black and gold semi-official one that apparently slipped out of Microsoft New Zealand a couple of years ago, called Royale. Other versions of Royale are easily found on the web, and you can find a shiny Windows Medi Player theme too.

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-xp-taskbar-color-setting/430893/4 "2007-12-22T09:20:09Z")

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Actually, I think my theme may be known as Zune Royale. It’s certainly Zune-ish. But it shows up in the theme applet as just “Royale”. I understand that other Royales out there, be they blue or black, are often beta versions, in which you get occasional odd colour clashes.