Changing Windows Task Manager graph colors

[invalidbuffalo]

Is it possible to change the colors in the windows task manager graphs?

[dreamz Veteran]

reshack taskmgr.exe.

see here: http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread....ht=task+manager

[Von_Beard]

this is quite cool thanks :)

[invalidbuffalo]

specifically, how do i change the chart/graph colors using reshacker and hex editor?

[dreamz Veteran]

  invalidbuffalo said:

specifically, how do i change the chart/graph colors using reshacker and hex editor?

i have not tried it yet, but the files are there. you can open them up and see how it was done.

[invalidbuffalo]

I could change the bargraphs because they were just bitmaps, but the plots are a different story.

How can I change the plot colors?

[invalidbuffalo]

Any help would be great...

[invalidbuffalo]

Could someone please at least start me off on the right foot? Is task manager all self contained, or is there another file associated with the plot colors? I tried emailing the guy a while ago, but he hasnt responded. Also the thread is from 2003 so it doesnt get a whole lot of popularity. . . Links would also be handy (couldnt find anything on google)

Thanks

Edited December 21, 2005 by invalidbuffalo

[dreamz Veteran]

i can't take a look at it right now, but try this.

download the file that was posted in the link and replace your file with that one. see if the color changes. if it does, then it's most likely contained within taskmgr.exe.

[invalidbuffalo]

ok i downloaded it and the graph colors are changed so it is in the exe, but i dont know where. can someone please help me?

[dreamz Veteran]

i can't find it either. i looked throughout the exe.

[dis]

i tried to figure out how did "The Unknown" (from aqua-soft.org forum) do that, but no succes yet. :no: damn. i tried to find the green graph's color 0,255,0 (in dec) and #00ff00 (in hexadecimal) but can't find it. :(

[chopyaedoff]

There is a part of the file that if modified in a hex editor will change the colours - I have no idea where tho.

[invalidbuffalo]

Can someone out there who's smarter than me tell us how to change the graph colors in the task manager?

[asdflkjsdrhthfhrhr]

have you tried looking through taskmgr.exe in resedit or resource hacker?

try searching for the rgb values of that specific green.

[invalidbuffalo]

Yes, but with no success. I have gotten as far as identifying the object that appears to control the graphs but I havnt found a way to manipulate them is resource hacker (dialog 108, CONTROL "CPU Usage History", 1001...). I have also tried opening it in a hex editor and searching for colors. I found the hex value for green (0,255,0) to be #00FF00 so i searched for "00FF00" in my hex editor and got multiple hits. I'll see what happens when i change them.

OK I replaced every instance of 00FF00 (hex for green) with 0000FF (hex for blue) and now the cpu graph color is blue but it set a lot of colors to red (even the task manager icon!) and it made the kernel times graph green.

Edited February 28, 2006 by invalidbuffalo

[dis]

hacking taskmgr.exe colors (by des)

hex values for taskmgr.exe win xp, sp1, eng:

performance tab: pagefile usage value color: hex 00ff00 @ offset: 0000500F (...)

performance tab: the grid color: hex 008040 @ offset: 00004752 (..@)

performance tab: pagefile graph line color: hex ffff00 @ offset: 00001000 (...)

performance tab: cpu usage history graph color: hex 00FF00 @ offset:00000FE0 (...)

performance tab: cpu usage percent number color: hex 00ff00 @ offset: 00004E07 (...)

network tab: graph line color: hex 00ff00 @ offset: 0000102B (...)

network tab: the grid color: hex 008040 @ offset: 00007166 (..@)

network tab: yellow vertical line color: hex ffff00 @ offset: 00001024 (...)

network tab: the yellow numbers color: hex ffff00 @ offset: 00006F60 (...)

hex values:

00ff00 = #00ff00 (green color)

008040 = #008040 (darker green)

ffff00 = #ffff00 (yellow)

change the values with your color. :cool:

it works for me. if it doesn't work with sp2 version mail/PM me and i hack it for you guys. :)

enjoy!

[dreamz Veteran]

threads merged

awesome work, :des:. (Y)

[dis]

ehh i made a mistake:

so, the correct one:

network tab: graph line color: hex hex 00ff00 @ offset: 00001028 (...)

"00001028" instead of "0000102B" :)

[dis]

taskmgr.exe win xp, sp2, hun:

performance tab: cpu usage history graph color: hex 00FF00 @ offset:00000FE0

network tab: graph line color: hex hex 00ff00 @ offset: 00001028

performance tab: cpu usage percent number color: hex 00ff00 @ offset: 000054B0

performance tab: page file graph line color: hex ffff00 @ offset: 00001000

performance tab: the grids: hex 008040 @ offset: 00004DC6

network tab: grid color: hex 008040 @ offset: 00007B0F

performance tab: pf usage valu color: hex 00ff00 @ offset: 000056CF

network tab: yellow vertical line color: hex ffff00 @ offset: 00001024

network tab: the yellow numbers color: hex ffff00 @ offset: 000078B2

okay it is for hungarian version but i hope it doesn't differ from the english version. :)

[invalidbuffalo]

THANK YOU!!!!! :D

[invalidbuffalo]

finally got around to trying this... it looks like the offsets differ with the english version.

[dis]

  invalidbuffalo said:

finally got around to trying this... it looks like the offsets differ with the english version.

hmm interesting.. :unsure: because i tried with sp2 english version too and the offsets was the same as in the hungarian sp2 version. strange... :|

[dreamz Veteran]

perhaps the file version is different.

[bfoos]

I just checked the offsets in the english version of sp2 and they have the exact same values as posted above.