Solved Can the HORRIBLE 'glass' effect be removed?

[juice]

I cannot stand the so called 'glass' effect in windows 7 which draws diagonal gradients across taskbar and windows. Can't get rid of this through themes, please someone tell me there's a way to make it go away!!!

 

[severedsolo]

very easily just right click your desktop, click "personalization" then "window colour" uncheck "enable transparency" and voila, problem solved,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/283-transparency-enable-disable.html

I can see your point, the glass effect does take a little getting used to

 

[dood]

Uugh..I hate aero...
I use Windows Classic under 'basic themes'.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/280-theme-change-save.html

 

[Arc]

Just download and apply another theme. The default Aero contains those all.
Get almost all the great window 7 themes here : Browsing Windows 7 Utilities on deviantART
Theme installation process ? Here : How to Install & Use 3rd Party (Custom) Themes in Windows 7? - Tweaking with Vishal

 

[whs]

It should be pointed out that the installation of 3d party themes carries certain risks. E.g your Recycle Bin can get fouled up

 

[Arc]

It should be pointed out that the installation of 3d party themes carries certain risks. E.g your Recycle Bin can get fouled up

I didn't know that ,and thank God it never happened to me on anybody I know

 

[whs]

It should be pointed out that the installation of 3d party themes carries certain risks. E.g your Recycle Bin can get fouled up

I didn't know that ,and thank God it never happened to me on anybody I know

It is not a very common problem, but it has happened to me with 2 different skins - in Vista though. I just thought I point it out as a possibility.

 

[Arc]

It is not a very common problem, but it has happened to me with 2 different skins - in Vista though. I just thought I point it out as a possibility.

And I came to know another possibility. Thanks a lot

 

[Billy]

It is possible to remove the diagonal gradient on the glass without turning Aero off. This involved some registry editing(not much) so be careful.

If you're not sure what you're doing make a backup of the registy first -- http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4230-registry-backup-restore.html

Go to the start menu and type in Regedit and open Regedit.exe

Once it's open hit the Control Button + F(CTRL+F) to use the find option and type in ColorizationGlassReflectionIntensity

This will take you to the registy you'll want to edit, can also be navigated to at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

Now you want to modify the registy.

And enter the value 0

After you restart your computer, it should remove the diagonal gradient and have a smooth glass effect.

 

[voiceartistusa]

It is possible to remove the diagonal gradient on the glass without turning Aero off. This involved some registry editing(not much) so be careful.

If you're not sure what you're doing make a backup of the registy first -- http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4230-registry-backup-restore.html

Go to the start menu and type in Regedit and open Regedit.exe


Once it's open hit the Control Button + F(CTRL+F) to use the find option and type in ColorizationGlassReflectionIntensity


This will take you to the registy you'll want to edit, can also be navigated to at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

Now you want to modify the registy.


And enter the value 0

After you restart your computer, it should remove the diagonal gradient and have a smooth glass effect.

This DOES work, but be aware, if you mess around with the "Enable Transparency" checkmark, the lines come back! Would be nice to delete it permanently.