

You can always switch them back to their defaults by selecting the software’s Restore original Aero color option. Note that Aero Adjust will automatically adjust the Windows 7 Aero color when you select alternative wallpaper, or when it switches as part of a desktop slideshow. The first shot shows the original taskbar color, and the second shot shows the adjusted taskbar and Start menu colors after selecting the option. That will adjust the Windows 7 taskbar and Start menu colors so that they better match the wallpaper as in the shots below. Now click on the Fit Aero color to wallpaper color option at the top of the menu. That includes a few options to adjust the Windows Aero taskbar/Start menu colors. You can select the Aero Adjuster options by right-clicking its system tray icon to open the menu in the shot below. Then select a location for the extracted folder, and open it to run the software.Īero Adjuster sits in the Windows 7 system tray. Right-click the Aero Adjuster Zip file and select Extract all.

Press the Download button on that page to save the Zip file. You can add the utility to Windows 7 from this page. That adjusts both the Windows 7 Aero taskbar and Start menu colors to better match the wallpaper. You can add something similar to Windows 7 with the Aero Adjuster utility. The Windows 7 taskbar is 48 pixels high in the default mode, though it might be larger depending on which options you have set-you could always take a screenshot and check for yourself.Windows 8 Aero automatically adjusts the taskbar’s Aero Glass color so that it matches your desktop wallpaper color. You could mess around with the rectangle selection tool if you really wanted to, but most of the time this will end up being quicker. The easiest way to put a stripe at the bottom of the image is to use the Canvas Size feature to chop off the bottom of the image, and then add it back. For this exercise, we’re going to illustrate with the freeware Paint.Net application, but you could do the same with any image editor.īefore we begin, make absolutely certain that your wallpaper is the same dimensions as your desktop. The secret to changing the taskbar color is to change the desktop wallpaper and add a colored stripe at the bottom right in back of where the taskbar is. The Geeky and Fun Method of Changing the Taskbar Color Now that we have that out of the way, let’s move on to the fun part…
