Solved Enable transparancey Box is gone

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mike6623

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Okay, I unchecked the enable transparency box, now it is gone, and the themes are greyed out. I resarted all services stopped and ran a scan now, and trouble shooter. Nothing was found. I really do not want to do a reinstall since I will lose my software. I didn't delete or uninstall anything. As I said, when I first went to personalization, there was a box that was checked that said "enable transparency" I unchecked it. Now Everything looks kind of like XP and that box is gone, so I cannot enable transparency.

Any and all help would be awesome. this forum has been much friendlier than other microsoft forums. Really rude!
 

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Check whether you chose Aero Themes in Personalization window?
 

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Achilleus said:
Check whether you chose Aero Themes in Personalization window?
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I cannot, themes are greyed out. I didn't delete or uninstall anything, I just unchecked that box, now it is gone and my professional lools like XP
 

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8gb
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23 inch Acer

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Windows 10 Home 64Bit
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Intel Core i5 10400 @ 2.90GHz
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could you post a screen shot of how your desktop looks now?
 

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DELL E170S
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koolkat77 said:
could you post a screen shot of how your desktop looks now?
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Sorry, I am at work until 4pm eastern time. The task bar still peeks up, but it is greyish/white. Everything, explorer windows as well all look like XP. There is no option anywhere to enable transparency. I am dying to get this fixed, and I appreciate all the help thus far. It's amazing I am having such a hard time with this. It there a way to revert back to default settings? I do not want to have to restore the computer, I didn't delete or uninstall anything and I can't afford to lose all my software
 

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HP
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8gb
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23 inch Acer
Is there a cheap verified service that could remote into my pc to try and show me what to do?
 

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Click on the link indicated in the snip in your computer ....
Capture.JPG

And post the screenshot of the resulting window.

The screenshot will help us to understand the situation better.
 

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Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
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Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
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Arc said:
Click on the link indicated in the snip in your computer ....
View attachment 199286

And post the screenshot of the resulting window.

The screenshot will help us to understand the situation better.
Click to expand...
I didn't have that option, it was greyed out. Will you be on here at about 430pm eastern time? Then, I could do whatever you want. I really appreciate all of the help. I also am getting a notificatio.

You know what, I do have a tiny pic on my phone that will show the task bar, give me a minute
 

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IMAG0301.jpg

I realize this isn't a great pic, but you can see the task bar. It was never like that and pretty much everything looks like that. Even browsers, look old XP style
 

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HP
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One more question ... can you do the Win+tab 3d flip ?
 

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Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
Memory
Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
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2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
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LG Flatron E2040T
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1600x900
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Western Digital 1 TB
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Cooler Master K380
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Cooler Master Seidon 120V Plus
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Logitech MK260r
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Logitech MK260r
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PMPL Broadband
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Windows Defender + MBAM
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Firefox
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Dell Studio 15" Laptop
Hope someone can help you with this.
Take Care
 

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NVIDIA GeForce G 103M; Codename: G98
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1366x768
mike6623 said:
Not sure what that is?
Click to expand...
Press the windows button (at the right side of the left ctrl) and tab button simultaneously .... and see if you are getting something like this ....
Untitled.jpg

Let us know.
 

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Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
Memory
Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
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2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
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LG Flatron E2040T
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1600x900
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Western Digital 1 TB
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Corsair VS550
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Cooler Master K380
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Cooler Master Seidon 120V Plus
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Logitech MK260r
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PMPL Broadband
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Windows Defender + MBAM
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Firefox
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Dell Studio 15" Laptop
mike6623 said:
Arc said:
One more question ... can you do the Win+tab 3d flip ?
Click to expand...
Not sure what that is?
Click to expand...

Using Windows Key + Tab from Keyboard, you can access Windows 7's 3D flip feature which shows all the currently active windows with a flipping 3D effect.
 
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Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 x64
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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHz
Memory
3GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce G 103M; Codename: G98
Screen Resolution
1366x768
Achilleus said:
Using Windows Key + Tab from, you can access Windows 7's 3D flip feature which shows all the currently active windows with a flipping 3D effect.
Click to expand...
.... and if not working .... it's a dwm related issue for sure. And we will need some higher expert to fix it .
 

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Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
Memory
Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
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2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
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Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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LG Flatron E2040T
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Western Digital 1 TB
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Corsair VS550
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Cooler Master K380
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Cooler Master Seidon 120V Plus
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Logitech MK260r
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Logitech MK260r
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PMPL Broadband
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Windows Defender + MBAM
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Firefox
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Dell Studio 15" Laptop
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Arc said:
Achilleus said:
Using Windows Key + Tab from, you can access Windows 7's 3D flip feature which shows all the currently active windows with a flipping 3D effect.
Click to expand...
.... and if not working .... it's a dwm related issue for sure. And we will need some higher expert to fix it .
Click to expand...
Thank you, I will report back after 4. hopefully one of you is still around!! Shoud that option work no matter what, even if themes and all that jazz are diabled?

Thanks again
 

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HP
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8gb
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23 inch Acer
Hello Mike,

Could you post a screenshot showing exactly what is grayed out please? :)
 

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64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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Brink said:
Hello Mike,

Could you post a screenshot showing exactly what is grayed out please? :)
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I am at work until 4pm eastern time. I will as soon as I walk in the door. I just hope the same helpful people are on here at that time!!
 

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HP
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Windows 8 Pro
Memory
8gb
Monitor(s) Displays
23 inch Acer
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