Can XP Classic Theme colors be changed with WindowBlinds?

Scroll Bar colors

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I have purchased WindowBlinds5.51 in hopes of making a "simple" change to the WinXP Classic Theme: I want to change the color of the scroll bar thumbs or scroll bar backgrounds for better contrast between the thumbs and background.

I prefer light colors for the Active Window, etc. In XP this sets the thumbs to the same light color and XP somehow(?) decides what color to make the scroll bar backgrounds...and generally picks a low contrast color; e.g. if I make the Active Window color light gray, then XP makes the scroll bar thumbs light gray and the scroll bar backgrounds a lighter gray that is very difficult for me to distinguish from the thumbs. I believe I could be happy with either making the thumbs darker or the backgrounds lighter.

Can someone point me to instructions for this "simple" operation via WindowBlinds? Or via some method other than Windowblinds? If there is no way to alter the Classic theme, I'll scan the available skin designs at WinCustomize in hopes of finding something similar to Classic but with better color discrimination of the thumbs of the scroll bars.

Thanks!
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
WindowBlinds does not alter Windows themes, it is used to apply skins to replace them. If you can't find any skins that work for you the only other thing you could do is to download SkinStudio and create your own version of the classic theme.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Thank you for your helpful and prompt replies!

Cavan1: You clarified the issue of changing vs replacing built-in XP themes for me; I had been mislead by posts on other, older forums to believe that WindowBlinds could effect the desired change to the built-in Windows theme. I had read a bit about SkinStudio and suspected that it could do the job...but I really want to make only what is in my (naive!) view a simple change and don't really want to learn any more "skin" application software than necessary.

c242: I have taken a quick look at 3DCC and it does look rather appropriate for what I want to do!

Thanks again to both of you for your help!!!