3-D Menus in Win XP

[Colin Higbie]

Is there any way (directly in Windows, or with a safe freeware utility) to
make the menus in Windows XP have the 3-D look they did in Windows 2000
without otherwise changing the interface in XP?

That is, I want to keep the double-wide Start menu, the rounded title bars,
the shadows, etc., but go back to the 3-D menus, where the greyed out
options look recessed. I don't like the black on white menus in XP, they
look more like Windows 3.1 menus (at least to me).

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Colin

 

[Lee Chapelle]

Is there any way (directly in Windows, or with a safe freeware utility) to
make the menus in Windows XP have the 3-D look they did in Windows 2000
without otherwise changing the interface in XP?

That is, I want to keep the double-wide Start menu, the rounded title
bars, the shadows, etc., but go back to the 3-D menus, where the greyed
out options look recessed. I don't like the black on white menus in XP,
they look more like Windows 3.1 menus (at least to me).

Any suggestions?

You have "Windows Classic Style" under Display Properties/Appearance, and
under Taskbar Properties->Start Menu you can select "Classic Start Menu".

 

[Colin Higbie]

I'm just talking about the regular menus (File, Edit, etc.). In Win 2000,
they are 3-D, in XP they are flat. Your suggestion would on Display property
would indeed restore 3-D menus, but it also removes the nice coloring of the
Taskbar and rounded window corners, both of which I like much better in XP.

Any ideas how to only change the menus without altering the Taskbar or title
bars of windows?

- Colin