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I'm trying to fade the Start orb in and out. I can fade the taskbar in and out with no problems, but when I try to fade the Start orb, the orb gets replaced by a white plain button with "Start" in bitty text on it.

My actual script has a loop that does a gradual fade but the script below will demonstrate what I mean.

Note, if you run this, you will have to close and restart explorer.exe to get your orb back again.



Can anyone shed any light on this and how I might actually be able to fade the Start orb in and out.

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Dallas

What version of windows are you using?

Use window Spy to find the name of the "orb".
Depending on the version of windows it is either part of the taskbar (I think) or else it has its own window.

If you can't get the name of the window then use the on/off script you posted to hide the taskbar so that window spy can see the name of the "orb" itself. (I don't think this is needed, but it gives you an alternate idea to pursue anyway)

It's Win 7. And yes, since Vista, the Start orb is in its own Window. Winspy reports both the orb itself and the white button that I spoke of as
Start ahk_class Button, so I'm definitely controlling the correct object.

But why trying to fade it does this bizarre thing is a mystery to me.

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Dallas

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic56403.html

Yes, I'd seen that thread, but nothing there fades it.

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Dallas