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Help => Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 => Topic started by: xXiNightXx on May 28, 2015, 02:09:07 am



Title: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: xXiNightXx on May 28, 2015, 02:09:07 am
Hey there, these things are bugging the crap out of me. Searched everywhere and cant seem to find them. Where would these be located?

1. Menu BG

2. Black text color

3. Black text hover color

4. Black text hover color

(http://i.imgur.com/JAokEFS.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/9mcSmGm.png)


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: 3am on May 28, 2015, 04:45:18 am
Background  is Start Menu > Menus > Basic > Toolbar image in 7 maybe in SIB which I don't use

You can't change those black textcolors


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: xXiNightXx on May 28, 2015, 05:51:14 am
Background  is Start Menu > Menus > Basic > Toolbar image in 7 maybe in SIB which I don't use

You can't change those black textcolors

the sib menu file I use does not have that location :/

And in the main theme, its there but does not affect the image.


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: Mr GRiM on May 28, 2015, 07:11:01 am
sorry ignore me


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: 3am on May 28, 2015, 01:23:16 pm
Well Start Menu > Menus > Basic > Toolbar > Button > Normal also works.

But if you don't have the toolbar location or that doesn't work for some reason then you probably don't have the button either....


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: xXiNightXx on May 28, 2015, 04:50:54 pm
Well Start Menu > Menus > Basic > Toolbar > Button > Normal also works.

But if you don't have the toolbar location or that doesn't work for some reason then you probably don't have the button either....

nope, haha

Well the start menu template I used was one of the styles included in Start is back Plain8.msstyle  the only sections I can edit are under Start Menu > Panels > Aero/Basic

Its just really strange how its loading that menu BG from nowhere..


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: 3am on May 29, 2015, 02:44:18 pm
Actually 2 and 3 are Fonts & System Metrics > WINDOWTEXT:COLOR

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu41/3am_2009/Untitled_zpsrh7qoie3.png)

I don't know why that's not showing for you. Try restarting Explorer for it to show.


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: xXiNightXx on May 29, 2015, 05:29:54 pm
Its already set to white but the text still shows black in the control panel.

here is the dl for it http://simplexdesignsart.deviantart.com/art/Adobe-CC-536072172



Actually 2 and 3 are Fonts & System Metrics > WINDOWTEXT:COLOR

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu41/3am_2009/Untitled_zpsrh7qoie3.png)

I don't know why that's not showing for you. Try restarting Explorer for it to show.


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: 3am on May 29, 2015, 10:41:17 pm
I'm not using 8 anymore. But I plugged your colors into 7 and got this:


(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu41/3am_2009/Untitled_zpshdvktjo8.png)


So I don't know what's going on. Maybe somebody else will test and find your problem. Sorry.


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: Albertt To on May 30, 2015, 11:36:36 am
for "2 and 3" try  Styles > TextStyle > BodyText   It works for me

(http://i62.tinypic.com/33w6t04.png)


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: xXiNightXx on May 30, 2015, 07:04:14 pm
That did the trick. Thank you so much XD  I have been searching for that for so long. haha.  All that is left to do is find that pesky menu haha

for "2 and 3" try  Styles > TextStyle > BodyText   It works for me


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: xXiNightXx on May 30, 2015, 09:29:25 pm
 The strange thing is, the menu bg loads if I use a windows 8 based theme as the main msstyle ans select it to load the start meu from theme in sib. But if I load a 8.1 theme, the menu does not load from the theme.

8.1 theme:
(http://i.imgur.com/k3zBB0j.png)

Loading Windows 8 theme in windows style build and selecting to load the start menu theme from msstyle in sib:
 (http://i.imgur.com/v6jQ1pK.png)


Title: Re: Need help finding some things (win 8.1)
Post by: 3am on June 03, 2015, 03:44:52 pm
You could try Grim's stylehack for getting the Start Menu in 8.1 attached here:

http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2202.msg12797#msg12797

Maybe it'll load the menus.

I don't know because I don't use SIB but it MIGHT solve your problem