All I can tell you is everything on the left is a combination of:

Fonts & System Metrics > DkShadow:Color
                                 > MenuText:Color
                                 > WindowText:Color

Couldn't find textcolor for "Google".

I'll look around.
 

Address Text:  Address, Breadcrumbs & Search > Breadcrumbs > Aero > Normal > Active Crumbs > Textcolor:Color

Search Text:  Address, Breadcrumbs & Search > Search > Edit > Search Edit > Textbox > Normal & Accelerator > Textcolor:Color

That's me

Excellent! I like the colors...very "zesty"

Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Control Panel > Content Pane > FillColor:Color

Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Boxes > Combobox > DropDownButtonRight (color Main & Glyph images)

Address, Breadcrumbs & Search > Address > Go Toolbar > Basic > Normal > Active > Button. Color the image(Hot, Pressed etc). It is also behind the Refresh.

Taskbar & System Tray > System Tray > Basic > Tray Notify Flyout > Footer

Yeah...look at this  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1089.0

And this:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1048.0

And this:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1050.0

TextColor is at Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Command Module > 10 > 1

Background is Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Command module 11 & 12

You can't because most of it is ToolBars, Headers & Rebar > ToolBars & Headers > Tool Bar which is a FillColor not an Image.

The bar background is Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Command Module > 1

These nav buttons and expando buttons in your second picture aren't in msstyles. Could be a system file but I don't know which one. Sorry.

The buttons in XPS are Toolbars, Headers & Rebar > Toolbars & Headers > Toolbars > DropDown Button. Just like I told you. I checked them myself.

XPS Viewer Buttons:  Toolbars, Headers & Rebar > Toolbars & Headers > Toolbars > DropDown Button

First picture is Jump List.  Read this:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1031.0

I suppose you tried all the Explorer&Shell > Explorer > TreeView > TreeItem states right?

Maybe Explorer&Shell > Explorer > Proper Tree > 1. Been wondering when that was going to show up.

I don't have a Home Group so I can't check for sure.

Fonts & system Metrics > Highlight:Color

What's "SS"?  You mean the button background?

To do anything with the taskbar buttons go to Taskbar & System Tray > TaskBand > Basic > TaskBand >TaskItemButton and change the 10 images for the 10 different states.

Also  Buttons, Boxes & Controls > Progress Bars > Normal >Transparent Bar > 2

Make a copy of aero.theme. Rename it yourname.theme. Open it in Notepad. Change aero to yourname where the arrows are. Save it and you have a yourname.theme file.

Read this:  http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=1077.0  for glow problems (read the whole thread!)

Then do a forum search from main page. All kinds of posts.

To do anything with the taskbar buttons go to Taskbar & System Tray > TaskBand > Basic > TaskBand >TaskItemButton and change the 10 images for the 10 different states.

It would be one of the System Files that you would include along with your Theme Folder and .theme file.

They would have to replace it themselves to use it.

Could be: StartMenu > Panels > Basic > More Programs Tab > New Programs

You use a resource editor like Restorator or Resource Hacker 3.5 Beta.

You go to Shell32.dll in your System32 folder. If you use Restorator you Extract the bitmaps to your desktop. Open the bitmaps in your image editor. Save your changes. Now copy and paste your new bitmaps on to the old ones via Restorator. Save as Shell32.dll to your desktop. Now you have a new Shell32 with your bitmaps.

I would also do bitmaps 632 & 633 which are the left panel in the Control Panel screens.

The bitmaps must be 32 bit bitmaps. I usually convert the bmps to pngs using an online convertor. Then I save the pngs in MSPaint which will automatically convert them to 32 bit pngs. Then I go back to the online convertor and convert the pngs back to bmps. Now I have 32 bit bitmaps. There's probably easier ways, but this way works.

This is the online convertor I use:  http://www.coolutils.com/Online/Image-Converter/

shell32.dll. Bitmaps 634 & 635.

I just used the forum search and a whole page of posts turned up.

You could start here for instance http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=218b594b096100b29829d41370d45c15&topic=215.0

Your Control Panel image looks like just a solid blue...so why don't you just use that blue for fillcolor in Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Proper Tree > 2. Be a lot easier.

btw here's a tip on using the Forum Search. Always do it from the Main Page and you'll get a thorough search. If you do it from other pages you get almost nothing.

lol......why don't you finish this: http://thepanda-x.deviantart.com/art/Base-msstyles-5-of-24-162008654 instead.

No. Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Proper Tree > 2 is a fillcolor...it has no image associated with it.

Maybe you could do it by linking the shellstyle to msstyles via Direct UI manipulation. But this is way over my head. Check out Panda's (and others) Direct UI posts. Good luck!

Sorry...didn't realize it was just a screenshot. Why don't you PM trim96 here http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=428 and ask him how he did it.

You can't change any of these with WSB. Sorry.

No I just have a very precise internal clock 

It was an exclusion of technical fact, not a lie I could try again but eh.

"An exclusion of technical fact, not a lie" rofl

Not Fonts & System Metrics but Fonts, Colors & SystemMetrics > Colors. There's a bunch of Edge Colors in there.

Go to Fonts, Colors & SystemMetrics > Colors   and check all your Edge colors

Might have something to do with Shadows?  Maybe transparency ( My frames are all solid color and perfectly square)?

That's all I got. Sorry.

No idea. I only spent 17.8 seconds on it and didn't bother to fix it because it's not worth the trouble because no one would want to use it anyway.

Do you carry a stopwatch around with you

You said it was possible. So how do you do it? You wouldn't be lying to me now would you Panda? That's not nice.

The image. The non-border part has to be 100% transparent. (Under 1 level of alpha as defined by the alpha threshold property)

I've been looking at this screenshot and it bothers me

You said you replaced the Places List image with a blank image with Panda X written on it with 1% opacity.
The result is:

1) The wallpaper ( flowers) is blocked by the Panda X
2) The other stuff like the Separators and Log Off Button are visible only through the Panda X writing

Where's the transparency?

What I want to know is if it's possible to create a totally transparent Places List Image allowing BOTH the wallpaper and Separators etc to be seen...not just one or the other.

Square off your frame images. Make everything 90 degree angles.

Also. Take your frame images and color all the different parts. Test it to see what parts have what colors. Stop testing. Change the colors and parts to what you want. Test again. Keep testing until the frames look right. Then save your images. This is the best way to find out locations and structure. Do this everywhere you have questions about. Use the Test button over and over. That's what it is for. You won't break it

Why does this happen on x86 and not x64?

I wonder if everybody running x86 has problems or only some people. And how they differ.

That's only for system files not msstyles. Msstyles should work the same whether x64 or x86.

Weird why so many people are having trouble with the msstyles on x86 with this theme. Doesn't make sense.