Make taskbar/title bar black when a window is maximized

Hi!
Is there a way to make the taskbar and application title bar go black when a window is maximized, like it was in Vista ?
I find it very distracting to see what's behind the maximized window (there is a reason why I maximized it). I think the decision to have only transparent window elements all the time was a stupid one, but they could have added it as an option at least. But they haven't, so I need now to draw two black bands over my wallpapers and make the chrome as dark as possible

Thanks in advance!

lgratian said:

Hi!
Is there a way to make the taskbar and application title bar go black when a window is maximized, like it was in Vista ?
I find it very distracting to see what's behind the maximized window (there is a reason why I maximized it). I think the decision to have only transparent window elements all the time was a stupid one, but they could have added it as an option at least. But they haven't, so I need now to draw two black bands over my wallpapers and make the chrome as dark as possible

Thanks in advance!

In W7 a maximized window goes all the way to the bottom. This in effect gives you a larger window. I use the autohide option for the talk bar and make use of the extra viewing area.

You can go *black* and turn off transparency in the personalize dialogs temporarily if needed..

This was a bug in Vista by the way , so it's hardly a stupid decision to get rid of it ,