Thanks buddy but no dice
... next thing i'm looking at is this...
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\TaskManager]
"LauncherUp"=hex:\
20,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,07,00,00, ...
"LauncherDown"=hex:\
20,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,07,00,00, ...
but I have no idea how to edit it to get either a green or light grey highlight
Edit: that didn't work
... I switched to Mighty theme, exported that reg, switched back to classic blue, then imported that reg w/shashimi but the dropdown highlight is still blue GRRRR!!!