Windows 7 - How to turn white explorer window area transparent

Hi everyone! I'm new in the forums, so hey all!

One of my first questions here:

So I was in class a few minutes ago, and while the professor was lecturing I saw one of my classmates (with Windows 7, ofcourse) opening up a few explorer windows. I was kind of surprised (and envious) to see that the white area that was supposed to be, well, white, was transparent in hers! I was sure it was transparent and not just a background photo similar to her desktop background since when she moved the windows, it basically acted like the glass window panes Aero is all about! It also has the glare/blur kind of effect I see on the Aero interface..

So how did she do it? Did she use a theme or something?

I would like to now that too oO'
never heard about it, but my firefox is "Aerofied" so this would totally match!

Don't be shy! Ask her. Inquiring minds want to know....!

It was most likely Windows Blinds she was using.

Try Glass2k Download Glass2k 0.9.2 - A small little program that allows Windows users to make any window transparent. - Softpedia it works with window 7 but you have to start it with each startup. I put it in the start up folder & hit run at start up

+1 Thank you very much...This is just as what I was needing

I kinda like it, but it would be nicer if only the "white" part went "aero"
well, maybe someday there will be such an app!

It kind of looks like this here: (courtesy of REB! from notebookreview.com (actually he just linked it.)

Windows 7 Glass RC by ~ThoriumKnight on deviantART

hell no....not this......is there some theme or patch tat makes the the full window transparent with tat aero effect???

Bongo how did u make the white area of the window transparent?

really sorry for the bump but i didnt find an answer to this anywhere else..