ya know, after going in and messing with it some more, i think there should be someplace that these elements are defined. The taskbar buttons seem to be defined to use an image, but I have no idea what that default image is, where it is located, or where/what file its defined in. Im guessing that its defined for all states including flashing, so all i need to do is find that and change the flashing state there. Any ideas? anyone else using the modern skin?