How to disable glow animation in progress bar

void SetGlowVisibility(ProgressBar progressBar, Visibility visibility) {
var glow = progressBar.Template.FindName("PART_GlowRect", progressBar) as FrameworkElement;
if (glow != null) glow.Visibility = visibility;
}

taken from:

WPF / Windows 7: Disable Default Progress Bar Glow Animation - Stack Overflow

From same link, this might be easier for you...

You can also disable this effect in Win7 all together.

Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select Properties (or press Windows Key + Pause/Break key), click on Advanced system settings link in left side pane (You can also open it by typing sysdm.cpl in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter). Now click on Settings button in Performance section:

Uncheck "Animate controls and elements inside windows", it should be the first selection.

If you are using the default aero theme I can change that for you by editing an image using Windows Style Builder and posted here in a zip folder.
If you are using a custom theme you will need to ask the theme maker. It's not cool to change someone else work.
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This makes a custom theme so you will need to do 1 of these 2 ways of Enabling custom themes for it to work.
Enabling Custom Themes - Windows 7
Or
Theme - How to Apply Custom Themes
Let me know if you would like this done if so all I need is a name to call the theme.
Jerry

my bad ...

hansham said:

thanks!

I am at work now, I use the default theme but I have 'freshened' it up a little by making the light blue a little more pale.
In a few hours I am at home, then I will mail you the details.

..or will I be able to do color ajustments with your tweaked file?

regards,

Hans

What did you do to do this

but I have 'freshened' it up a little by making the light blue a little more pale.

Then I can tell you if you can do it to the theme I'm going to make afterwards.
Jerry