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Hey,
I just figured that some of you guys out there uses Windows 7, so heres the color fix for Starcraft. Its just a simple program. So here you go.
MOD EDIT: Put that in color.cmd in your Starcraft directory. Use it to run Starcraft.
@ECHO OFF
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe > NUL
StarCraft.exe
choice /N /T 2 /C 7 /D 7 > NUL
start /B explorer.exe
Edit: I dont know if it "works" perfectly, since im on ubuntu. But its better than nothing i guess. Enjoy <3
edit: i got this source from gosugamers.net , should have added that first sry.
source: http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/news/11197-starcraft-windows-7-color-fix
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Files selected for scanning: C\LarJarsE\desktop\SC_ColorFix_v1.1.rar;
No infection was found during this scan.
I haven't tried it, but its clean with the most updated AVG anti.
EDIT: It also supports Windows VISTA
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Btw what also works is if you open your screen resolution screen and leave it open while playing the game. Just right click anywhere on the desktop and choose screen resolution.
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On January 19 2010 09:19 0z wrote:
Btw what also works is if you open your screen resolution screen and leave it open while playing the game. Just right click anywhere on the desktop and choose screen resolution.
Also, right click your starcraft exe, select properties, and check all the little boxes. Do not select compatibility mode though. After doing this I haven't had any problems. If you want to run in a window though you have to uncheck all the boxes.
+ Show Spoiler +
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great guys for editing all this.
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great job for starting such an original thread
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nice was looking for a way to fix the colours.
on a side note: anyone else than me having a problem with Win7 and BW freezing completely (sound still works, but you aren't allowed to do anything so a reboot is in order)?
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On January 19 2010 23:27 Vlanitak wrote:
nice was looking for a way to fix the colours.
on a side note: anyone else than me having a problem with Win7 and BW freezing completely (sound still works, but you aren't allowed to do anything so a reboot is in order)?
This happened to me. I fixed it by playing around with the compatibility settings (like the poster above mentioned).
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Belgium9950 Posts
Do not link to a website based around making starcraft hacks.
On another note, the same solution to this problem was posted before in a couple of previous threads.
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I noticed the lockups only occur when I'm using *any* media player while playing (guessing it's a sound conflict). Window mode seemed to fix it. But yeah windowed (even maximized) kinda sucks to play in.
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On January 19 2010 08:47 NiGoL wrote:Hey, I just figured that some of you guys out there uses Windows 7, so heres the color fix for Starcraft. Its just a simple program. So here you go. http://www.xxx.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=47Edit: I dont know if it "works" perfectly, since im on ubuntu. But its better than nothing i guess. Enjoy <3
That's funny, so you werent even looking for this fix?
How'd you find it then, looking for hacks?
Be ashamed of yourself! =(
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Zurich15365 Posts
Nigol you have been warned for supporting hacks / hackers before as far as I know. And banned for being a shitty poster. Don't link to gamethreads from here please.
Here is the program, no magic happening, just restarts explorer:
@ECHO OFF
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe > NUL
StarCraft.exe
choice /N /T 2 /C 7 /D 7 > NUL
start /B explorer.exe
Doesn't work with Iccup and probably messes up your system a bit (although I don't use Windows7 so I can't confirm this). But hey, I guess most users of this fix will use the conveniently included Oblivion launcher plugin anyway.
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On January 19 2010 23:31 Chromyne wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2010 23:27 Vlanitak wrote:
nice was looking for a way to fix the colours.
on a side note: anyone else than me having a problem with Win7 and BW freezing completely (sound still works, but you aren't allowed to do anything so a reboot is in order)? This happened to me. I fixed it by playing around with the compatibility settings (like the poster above mentioned).
Thanks will try that :D
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I saw this thread when it was made, and it was the first time I was able to see the SC colors again. Couldn't say thanks coz of the ban, so here it is now.
None of the cheap tricks worked for me (opening screen resolution page?? nigga plz)
So thank you for this one.
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Managed to stop the "sound freeze and reboot" issue by changing the game to run on Windows 98.
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On January 21 2010 22:27 niteReloaded wrote:
I saw this thread when it was made, and it was the first time I was able to see the SC colors again. Couldn't say thanks coz of the ban, so here it is now.
None of the cheap tricks worked for me (opening screen resolution page?? nigga plz)
So thank you for this one.
Opening the screen resolution worked excellent for me; Maybe it doesn't for you.
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On January 19 2010 09:32 z01 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2010 09:19 0z wrote:
Btw what also works is if you open your screen resolution screen and leave it open while playing the game. Just right click anywhere on the desktop and choose screen resolution. Also, right click your starcraft exe, select properties, and check all the little boxes. Do not select compatibility mode though. After doing this I haven't had any problems. If you want to run in a window though you have to uncheck all the boxes. + Show Spoiler +
This works perfectly and with iCCup
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On January 19 2010 23:44 Puosu wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2010 08:47 NiGoL wrote:Hey, I just figured that some of you guys out there uses Windows 7, so heres the color fix for Starcraft. Its just a simple program. So here you go. http://www.xxx.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=47Edit: I dont know if it "works" perfectly, since im on ubuntu. But its better than nothing i guess. Enjoy <3 That's funny, so you werent even looking for this fix? How'd you find it then, looking for hacks? Be ashamed of yourself! =(
No i got it from gosugamers.net
never knew there was hack on this site.
Check the news on gg.net
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Works like a charm NiGoL, thanks a lot :D
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ya well now i feel bad, since there is "hacks" on this site, i just got it from gosugamers news site, thought it would be a great idea to share it here, but as "zatic" says it got hacks on it, i feel ashamed im really sry, good that u removed the site btw.
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I lost my taskbar after starting sc.
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On January 22 2010 07:18 Liquid_Turbo wrote:
I lost my taskbar after starting sc.
That sort of happens when you shut down your explorer!... Sheessh
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I've always lived with it... this seems too much like a brute force method, and even though the colors are piss ugly outside of game, in game there aren't any real problems.
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On January 22 2010 08:02 MaD.pYrO wrote:Show nested quote +On January 22 2010 07:18 Liquid_Turbo wrote:
I lost my taskbar after starting sc. That sort of happens when you shut down your explorer!... Sheessh
How do you get it back?
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
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After trying pretty much everything to fix my colors I realized that just alt-tabbing out and going back in does the trick every time on Vista.
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how is this news.. we've known for months that killing explorer makes the colors OK. This isn't even the first batch file posted to kill explorer, start starcraft then start explorer again when it exits D:
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On January 19 2010 09:32 z01 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2010 09:19 0z wrote:
Btw what also works is if you open your screen resolution screen and leave it open while playing the game. Just right click anywhere on the desktop and choose screen resolution. Also, right click your starcraft exe, select properties, and check all the little boxes. Do not select compatibility mode though. After doing this I haven't had any problems. If you want to run in a window though you have to uncheck all the boxes. + Show Spoiler +
Thanks dude, this works perfectly. This should be the definitive solution.
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on windows 7 professional, 64 bit, sc will randomly freeze and i can only get out of it by a reboot 
tried many things, and i dont think this is the "colour glitch" since my colours are fine in game.
anyone know a fix?
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On January 27 2010 16:08 Koltz wrote:on windows 7 professional, 64 bit, sc will randomly freeze and i can only get out of it by a reboot tried many things, and i dont think this is the "colour glitch" since my colours are fine in game. anyone know a fix?
1). Dual boot XP
2). Don't run SC on w7
I have the same problemmm
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it does work, but i noticed that my start line disappears after i use the cmd.
how about u guys?
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On March 07 2010 16:01 DN2perfectionGM wrote:
it does work, but i noticed that my start line disappears after i use the cmd.
how about u guys?
...IT KILLS EXPLORER WHILE YOU PLAY.
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How do you get it back?
Start > Run > "explorer" > ENTER 
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iccup launcher plugin to fix colors. gogogo
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On January 27 2010 16:11 eNoq wrote:Show nested quote +On January 27 2010 16:08 Koltz wrote:on windows 7 professional, 64 bit, sc will randomly freeze and i can only get out of it by a reboot tried many things, and i dont think this is the "colour glitch" since my colours are fine in game. anyone know a fix? 1). Dual boot XP 2). Don't run SC on w7 I have the same problemmm
Same thing here.
My solutions:
1) Dual boot XP
2) If you want to try on W7 only thing that works for me is:
a) start up iccup launcher in WMode
b) tick [x2]
c) lower your screen resolution until the wmode covers it all.
When the actual game starts I've got pseudo full screen with the windowed SC fitting perfectly.
I've got Wide Dell 22" I set the res to 1280x1024. It works perfect for me.
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On March 11 2010 21:36 saiga223 wrote:Start > Run > "explorer" > ENTER
Riiiiiight...
Windows + R > "explorer" > enter doesnt work either.
Ctrl alt del > task manager > applications> New Task
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On March 11 2010 23:29 ReTr0[p.S] wrote:Show nested quote +On March 11 2010 21:36 saiga223 wrote:How do you get it back? Start > Run > "explorer" > ENTER Riiiiiight... Windows + R > "explorer" > enter doesnt work either. Ctrl alt del > task manager > applications> New Task
Yes, yes he is right.
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Yeah if you have issues with the taskbar going away open up any file folder, type cmd at the top, and then type "start /B explorer.exe"... I had this problem :/
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o.o i fixed it by running the game in windows 97 mode and opening the screen resolution window
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A friend of mine said he only needs to close the sidebar and it works, no need to close explorer. I cannot test though, no win7 here.
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On January 19 2010 23:27 Vlanitak wrote:
nice was looking for a way to fix the colours.
on a side note: anyone else than me having a problem with Win7 and BW freezing completely (sound still works, but you aren't allowed to do anything so a reboot is in order)?
I had this problem for the first time today and lost two games TT
For me it was winamp that caused it. Once I switched to wmp sc stopped freezing.
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On March 11 2010 23:33 PanN wrote:Show nested quote +On March 11 2010 23:29 ReTr0[p.S] wrote:On March 11 2010 21:36 saiga223 wrote:How do you get it back? Start > Run > "explorer" > ENTER Riiiiiight... Windows + R > "explorer" > enter doesnt work either. Ctrl alt del > task manager > applications> New Task Yes, yes he is right.
How are you gonna hit start if explorer is closed? There is no taskbar
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Why the hell would you necro this thread? Is this problem relevant again? In fact, now that I think of it, why was this thread in general in the first place, and not in either BW general or tech support?
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Wow this works much better than the blizzard one which was not very consistent. Thanks!
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i've tried all the ones on tl but none fixed, will try when i get home.
TL once belonged to bw. now bw is pushed away to little corner
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