was able to figure it out after a lot of research:

Styles > ButtonStyle > CHECKBOX > TEXTCOLOR:COLOR

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6145/textc.jpg

if you see this screenshot, you will see that some of the text is in blank, am not sure where this can be changed, any ideas/thoughts?

Finally after a lot of testing, found that the Device Manager background is actually at:

Lists, Menus & Tabs > TreeView->FILLCOLOR

 I have tried changing WINDOW:COLOR but it changes background of notepad, explorer but not that of the Device Manager

can you please share the shellstyle of the theme that has the black background in device manager

makes sense, thank you

I am no longer sure which is the right one

rajtheeban ,

it was able to sort it out

it is one of
Start > StartMenu > Panels > Basic > OPENBOX
or
Start > StartMenu > Panels > Aero > Bottom > OPENBOX

Thanks for the reply, have tried replacing both with different images, didnt help, seems to be something else, will try to replace all of the images under start menu and see if that helps.

I have looked around but could find it, the black border/background around the search window in the start menu

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6607/imageyf.jpg

Thanks in advance

 i have been trying the same, without luck so far, thanks for testing.

thank you for the response, is there some way to get a black background for the device manager?

That helped; however now I see this in some other places, I have tried changing different colors but at the end it only gets worse:

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1033/imagelx.jpg

The device manager font, the IE address bar font, IE favorites list font all show up white/blank. Also, when i rename the file I can't see the current name.

I am using the Tran's'pace Black theme. Please see the attached screenshot.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7114/fontissue.jpg

For the address bar you need to make changes at the following path:

Toolbars, Headers and Rebar > Toolbars & Headers > BB Toolbar > Aero (both Normal & Max, Active & Inactive)

Add 'GlowColor:Color' and set it to the color that you need.

Panda, it looks like your response fixed the issue 

The problem was actually with the MUI file and it was not having the same name as the style. Prior to your response, I had used VSB to change all those fonts manually without luck. I was able to apply the theme finally but it was broken completely.

I extracted a fresh copy and renamed the MUI file and that did the trick, never knew the MUI file was this important.

Thank you for leading me in the right direction.

http://xxinightxx.deviantart.com/art/Gateway-Theme-130008705

This is an example of a vista style that doesn't work, if i open it up in vista style builder it doesn't look right since the fonts section is completely messed up.

I have tried using uxtheme patcher, uxstyle, vistaglass, vista style master to patch the system but I get error 'the visual style could not be applied' when applying the theme  Is there something I can do using VSB to fix this?

Finally found it out myself, should have looked around a little more before posting

It is under 'Toolbars, Headers and Rebar > Rebar > NavBar'

As per Restorator, it is Images 181-196. Not sure what they are in VSB

Thanks for the response; however I am not actually referring to the holder and not the actual buttons as shown below:

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1035/imagekzi.jpg

I am certain it is not in the browseui.dll or the shellstyle.

Where can I find the holder of the explorer navigation buttons (left/right) that shows up in each and every window?

thanks in advance.

thank you so much

Where can I find 'Listbox > Item'?

Hello,

Can someone let me know which is the attribute that decides the spacing between quick launch icons?

Thanking in advance.

Regards.