This will turn your Start Panel in all themes to compact taskbar style (Only icons, no text). But it works on only default pane size (0, 0, 380, whatever for top pane and 0, 0, 190, 336 for middle-right pane).
Download: Compact Start Panel Patch 1.0 - TCMagazine
Download: Compact Start Panel Patch 1.0 - TCMagazine