Sorted.

Right-click on desktop - Personalise - Windows - Advance Settings - Windows Text - select the color. 

In XP, changing windows text color will change the background color of Excel 2007.

Can this be done in Windows 7 through WSB?

Thanks to 3am for his maps and videos - I can spent time doing something productive instead of hunting around.

Tried to follow his suggestion on the Start Aero Menu but was not successful.

Was using -
1.6 XMLs; StartMenu > Panels > Aero > Top > Programs List > Programs List

Then add property of color > fillcolor but it did not change the background color

Thanks for your patience.

I installed the following -
Microsoft.Visual.C++.2008.Redistributable.Package.x64
UxStyle_Core_jul13_x64

First attempt - makes me want to be more adventurous



 

Thanks for the tips.

Using the new msstyles did not change the background colour and I got a classic start button instead of the orb.

Hmmm ..

Thanks for the encouragements. 

Today I got pass that but got this -



Somehow I also do not get the grey background which I wanted.

I have search through the postings in the Vista - Help and Windows7 - Help but I have not seen this mentioned.

Most people jump in to the deep end.

Before loading the aero.msstyles into VSB, do I -

1. Change the aero theme to another theme through Control Panel - Personalise?

2. Close Windows Explorer as I am changing the background colour of Windows Explorer?

Thanks for reading.

Using VSB for the first time having read through many postings.

Saw another post similar to this -



Where have I gone wrong?