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I figured out a true solution to this. Alt Tab friendly and no compatibility buttons needed. Finally I can go back to AIM and the web in between matches without having to close SC completely!
Solution 1*
+ Show Spoiler +Step 1 : Paste the following into a text file and save it as "StarcraftStarter.cmd" :
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
d:\Games\Starcraft\StarCraft.exe
pause
start explorer.exe
(replace the destination with your sc.exe of course)
Just make sure you open any programs you want to alt tab to FIRST as without the explorer its harder to open programs. I leave AIM and a web browser open and I have everything I need!
Credit to "Viper" of sc2gg for the idea.
* - Make sure you have windows set to show extensions for known file types or you will create a file like explorer kill.cmd.txt which is NOT going to help you. To do this, go here and follow the instructions
Solution 2*
+ Show Spoiler +Alternative for those that use Chaos Launcher or ICCUP Launcher :
Step 1 : Paste the following into a text file and save it as "Explorer Kill.cmd" :
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
pause
start explorer.exe
Step 2 : Start your starcraft launcher (chaos or icc launcher)
Step 3 : Run "Explorer Kill.cmd"
Step 4 : Start Starcraft via your sc launcher
Just make sure you open any programs you want to alt tab to FIRST as without the explorer its harder to open programs. I leave AIM and a web browser open and I have everything I need!
Credit to "Viper" of sc2gg for the idea. I expanded upon the idea so that it can be used with a launcher but the original explorer kill that starts sc in one command is his.
* - Make sure you have windows set to show extensions for known file types or you will create a file like explorer kill.cmd.txt which is NOT going to help you. To do this, go here and follow the instructions
Solution 3
+ Show Spoiler +Open your display properties to the window where you can select screen resolution. Leave this window open. Play SC as normal.
This only works for some users (no known reason why it works for some and not others).
edit take 2 - Consider this my major thank you for putting up with newb questions from myself in the strat forum! ^^
Edit 3 - Added other common solution for completeness sake. Improved the look via spoiler tabs.
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I don't have Windows 7 now, but I may be upgrading shortly.
Thanks for this 
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Yay! this is fucking awesome!
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Awesome.
Haven't tried it with SC yet, but tried it with another game I was having the same problems with, sadly the other game won't run using this, it just goes to black screen and crashes. =( Oh well, at least it supposedly works with SC!
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On September 13 2009 15:57 Mikilatov wrote:
Awesome.
Haven't tried it with SC yet, but tried it with another game I was having the same problems with, sadly the other game won't run using this, it just goes to black screen and crashes. =( Oh well, at least it supposedly works with SC!
works perfectly for me! and the fucked up colors was so annoying i'm really happy now^^
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All this fix does is kill windows explorer while setting in action a future option to turn it back on.
So if the problem in your other game wasnt caused by windows explore (which the SC color problem is caused by [and the Diablo 2 color problem if you guys care]) then this fix is N/A.
For windows 7 and SC though, this should be a 100% fix.
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Either all of this, OR...
Right click desktop -> Screen resolution -> leave the window open while you play.
Though I'll admit this is a somewhat "cleaner" solution.
edit: I just saw this:
Just make sure you open any programs you want to alt tab to FIRST as without the explorer its harder to open programs. I leave AIM and a web browser open and I have everything I need!
I changed my mind, it's not a clean solution at all! I hereby declare mine to be superior!
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On September 13 2009 19:28 kerr0r wrote:Either all of this, OR... Right click desktop -> Screen resolution -> leave the window open while you play. Though I'll admit this is a somewhat "cleaner" solution. edit: I just saw this: Show nested quote +Just make sure you open any programs you want to alt tab to FIRST as without the explorer its harder to open programs. I leave AIM and a web browser open and I have everything I need! I changed my mind, it's not a clean solution at all! I hereby declare mine to be superior!
Wait... what?
Leave what window open?
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On September 13 2009 19:59 disco wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2009 19:28 kerr0r wrote:Either all of this, OR... Right click desktop -> Screen resolution -> leave the window open while you play. Though I'll admit this is a somewhat "cleaner" solution. edit: I just saw this: Just make sure you open any programs you want to alt tab to FIRST as without the explorer its harder to open programs. I leave AIM and a web browser open and I have everything I need! I changed my mind, it's not a clean solution at all! I hereby declare mine to be superior! Wait... what? Leave what window open?
The screen resolution window. 
Don't ask me why it works, but it does.
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On September 13 2009 20:29 kerr0r wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2009 19:59 disco wrote:On September 13 2009 19:28 kerr0r wrote:Either all of this, OR... Right click desktop -> Screen resolution -> leave the window open while you play. Though I'll admit this is a somewhat "cleaner" solution. edit: I just saw this: Just make sure you open any programs you want to alt tab to FIRST as without the explorer its harder to open programs. I leave AIM and a web browser open and I have everything I need! I changed my mind, it's not a clean solution at all! I hereby declare mine to be superior! Wait... what? Leave what window open? The screen resolution window. Don't ask me why it works, but it does.
Meh, more or less. It still happens to me sometimes that the colors go on the fritz as if on LSD, only to turn back to normal later. Only in menus/lobby though, in-game is fine apart from very minor flaws.
Gotta try killing explorer and see if that works.
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leaving the resolution window open isn't a 100% fix, nothing is but killing explorer, which isn't a new idea.
You can also just launch bw with the iccup launcher, alt tab, kill explorer in the task manager and run it again when you are done playing
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Awesome, thanks a lot. 
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On September 13 2009 19:28 kerr0r wrote:Either all of this, OR... Right click desktop -> Screen resolution -> leave the window open while you play. Though I'll admit this is a somewhat "cleaner" solution. edit: I just saw this: Show nested quote +Just make sure you open any programs you want to alt tab to FIRST as without the explorer its harder to open programs. I leave AIM and a web browser open and I have everything I need! I changed my mind, it's not a clean solution at all! I hereby declare mine to be superior!
Sadly your solution does not work for myself and a large number of people! The solution I outlined is quick and easy.
It is very equiv to the above post where you just kill explorer via task manager but this solution leaves it the option to restart explorer quickly and painlessly.
added the personalize resolution solution for completeness sake!
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You could probably modify that second solution to work with the ICCup launcher. If you set your launcher to run starcraft automatically, and the script file launches the launcher, waits a few seconds, then restarts explorer...
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thanks! I have the same problem but on vista with weird ghx settings. It fixed the dreaded color glitch caused by alt tabbing!
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Interesting. I have windows 7 and my colors never get messed up. I didn't even do anything to fix it.
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On September 14 2009 02:41 Louder wrote:
You could probably modify that second solution to work with the ICCup launcher. If you set your launcher to run starcraft automatically, and the script file launches the launcher, waits a few seconds, then restarts explorer...
I actually tried to get something like that going but I couldnt make it happen. I'm no pro at writting scripts and the like so if someone else can take a shot at doing just that I would add it as well.
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You don't need any scripts.
1) Launch SC with the iccup launcher, colors will be fucked
2) Alt tab
3) Ctrl alt delete, taskmanager, find explorer.exe in the processes, end it
4) Go over to the Applications tab and double click Starcraft, colors will be unfucked
5) Play game
6) Get cheesed, alt f4, task manager is either still running in the bottom left or just ctrl alt delete again and go to file, new task, type explorer
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Here's my version with ICCup Launcher:
start G:\Games\Starcraft\Iccupl~1\Launcher.exe
ping localhost /n 15
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
pause
start explorer.exe
start G:\Games\Starcraft\Iccupl~1\Launcher.exe
Runs ICCup Launcher, which starts Starcraft if you set it to automatic. Substitute with the appropriate directory, but make sure to use the old DOS notation with the ~ for directory names longer than 8 characters!
ping localhost /n 15
Meanwhile, wait 15 seconds for Starcraft to run. (ICCup Launcher needs explorer.exe to start!)
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
Kill explorer
pause
wait for any key (which you enter after playing)
start explorer.exe
restart explorer
The good thing about this is that it kills explorer automatically in the background after 15 seconds while you are already in-game. No need to alt-tab to run the script.
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On September 14 2009 04:48 floor exercise wrote:
You don't need any scripts.
1) Launch SC with the iccup launcher, colors will be fucked
2) Alt tab
3) Ctrl alt delete, taskmanager, find explorer.exe in the processes, end it
4) Go over to the Applications tab and double click Starcraft, colors will be unfucked
5) Play game
6) Get cheesed, alt f4, task manager is either still running in the bottom left or just ctrl alt delete again and go to file, new task, type explorer
thats what i've been doing as well, but i find that once you make the script, then it simplifies the steps; no more ctrl alt delete and tabbing out
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