thank you, luckily I saved the setup (1.22) in my download files. all back to normal
on 1.22 my taskbar was set to be a clear (50%) black bar (with manual color selection).
with 1.24 same settings the taskbar was a greyish black that did not look right. (still set to black in custom)
i tried uninstalling, rebooting etc. once i put 1.22 back on it was back to the way i had it.
