tom77a

The registry hint from that page works, thank you. And you pushed me in the right direction to develop a beter solution - instant fix, no logoff needed for the registry change to be accepted. I'm making the fix available for everyone (attached). FixThemedMenus.exe

Sometimes, menu bars get ugly after changing a visual theme - white text bg, 3d frame on mouseover, all white when opened - well see attached picture. I'm sure you've seen that. How do i fix that automatically? Some command / api call (through rundll32) / multiple calls (i can do c++/delphi)... To fix that manually, i need to open display properties>appearance, switch to any other theme or color scheme (for example, in the second combobox labeled "color scheme" i select default (blue) ), then, without applying, return (to silver in my example) and then hit apply or ok. I need an automated solution as a finishing touch to a customized (nlite) xp setup disc. Thanks in advance.