Solved How to Turn Off Aero 'Glass' feature?

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I tried Googling this but all I found was how to turn on/off Aero completely. I'd like to turn off just the part that makes the boarders around window panes translucent; I think it's called the 'glass' effect.'

I've always have had it turned on, but recently it's bugging me as I keep closing the wrong window(s). Yes, I know I should be paying better attention...
 

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Hello TDKMate, :)

The tutorial below can help show you how to enable or disable only Aero Glass.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/283-transparency-enable-disable.html
Well that was easy. Thanks Brink! I'm trying a different tack now that you've shown me the way. In Option 1 of your link, I just changed the color to a dark one. So instead of all windows being pale blue, the active window is now dark brown. Now I can more easily see which is which (I usually have a lot of windows open). If I still have trouble, now I know how to turn it off altogether.

Thanks again :)
 

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Win 7 Pro 64 SP1
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i7 6700K SkyLake
Motherboard
MSI Gaming M7
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32 GB
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nVidia GTX 970
Sound Card
onboard
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DELL U2711
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1 SSD OS, 2 WD Black Caviar data harddrives
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You're most welcome. :)
 

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64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
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ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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Integrated
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4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
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