Removing "blur" From the Taskbar.

[Diet]

Hey I found a link to one of my screenshots, checked doubt. Technical 10 Desktop « Productive Geek Forums

That's how mine looks when I use the TClock and set it to about 30-45% transparency, but then the icons on the taskbar are also quite transparent. Though the theme alone doesn't look transparent like that, just when TClock is used.

 

[TBVNZ]

Yeah, but I guess I kind of like the muted icons since my desktop theme is so dark and monochomatic. You've tweaked my interest so now I have to keep trying to find a solution. I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[TBVNZ]

what about this? Invisible Taskbar by ~Conscars on deviantART

 

[Diet]

what about this? Invisible Taskbar by ~Conscars on deviantART

That's actually the one I'm using right now along with TClock, it's nice in that it removes the "boundaries" of the taskbar, as in the lines that separate it from the rest of the background, it'd look great in conjunction with removing the blur because then it'd look just like you have icons going across the bottom of your screen, and there is no bar, which is kinda what I'd like to do.

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll keep trying things too It's just one those things that I really want to figure out since it seems like no one has before.

If anyone reading this has any ideas of how to do this via editing something in windows, and has experience doing so or could just offer some suggestions, I'm all ears for whatever you think might work.

 

[shamo]

hello all
is this problem solved?
just to shar..i use the transbar software..here- Download Transbar 1.4.2 Free - You can adjust the transparency level of your taskbar - Softpedia

 

[TBVNZ]

hello all
is this problem solved?
just to shar..i use the transbar software..here- Download Transbar 1.4.2 Free - You can adjust the transparency level of your taskbar - Softpedia

Hey I never found anything new I'm using the same setup (I still like it). Anyway the link you have doesnt mention Vista or Seven as supported os's, does it work for you?

 

[Diet]

Tried it, it does the same thing as tclock, it doesn't remove the blur, it just make the bar transparent enough that the blur isn't as noticeable, but by then the buttons and icons all look faded. I really am surprised no one ever found a way to change this, I really thought it wouldn't be a difficult thing but I guess that blurriness is really hardwired into the OS somehow, and not just some registry value or image file in a package. rb:=:lock:

 

[shamo]

hello TBVNZ..yes it works for me..before this i used XP and it worked too..

sorry i couldnt help u Diet

 

[Diet]

Yeah, that's the exact same thing I get, but as you can see in your screen shot it fades everything, it doesn't remove the blur it just sets the alpha of the bar low enough so that the blur doesn't show up as much. Same thing is built into tclock, but this is nice if you didn't want the whole clock part.

 

[Diet]

Been awhile since I've checked this, but had some time today and thought I'd look around to see if this ever got solved. From the looks of it it's still impossible to remove the blur without dropping the transparency of the taskbar. I did however find an interesting image at Perfect clear taskbar win7 xp by =PeterRollar on deviantART but the English is so bad I can't really tell what they did, something about using resource hacker, regardless I couldn't figure it out or reproduce it. They might just be making the taskbar have a background that matches the same chunk of background the bar covers so it just "looks" transparent (which is pretty much worthless). Anyone else ever have any luck with this?

 

[shamo]

i think that way u customize the bar background.meaning every time u change wallpaper u have to do that.
im definitely not trying that.since i always change my wall.
if u just stick to one for a long time maybe u might want to try that.

 

[iambennu]

Still looking for blurlessness

I found this thread and it is hard to believe it is one of the only mentions of this on the entire web. Did anyone ever find an answer? My desktop really could use it.

Has anyone ever found a way to remove the blurring effect on the task bar? I've found numerous sites to remove the blur from the frames of the windows, but not a single solution to do the same for the taskbar. I've only been able to find themes that remove the "lines" in the transparency but not the blurriness. Is it simply impossible without paying for 3rd party applications? It seems like it should be such a simple task but every website I've searched has always lead to no answers, the closest I've found is this at deviant art, but even when using this and some transparent png and gif, it still is blurry. What gives? I have no idea, if anyone has done this successfully without windowblinds or something please let me know, it'd be greatly appreciated. I want to be able to see through the bar and read text behind it.

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Seven Forums . I haven't tried it myself, but see if this thread helps. Suggest you make at least a registry backup if you are going to try it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4230-registry-backup-restore.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/83785-removing-blur-taskbar.html

A Guy

 

[iambennu]

Thanks so much, A Guy! Already tried the solutions in the current threads. I will search the web and see if anything else comes up. I changed the registry as is suggested in the link but it does not help with the blur. I am using a style without a bar and all that is left is the blur. If I could get that gone....

 

[A Guy]

Actually, this may be it

Taskbar Blur Toggle 0.2.0 by DBlake1 on deviantART

The zip contains links to downloads. The OneDrive download is the one I used. It's his application, so I'm not posting any direct download links, since he chose to do it this way. No big deal.

A Guy

 

[iambennu]

Wow!! Nice work, sir. The answer to the question. Thank you so much for that.

 

[A Guy]

You're welcome, glad it worked for you

A Guy

 

[rigz]

Hey, i just want to make it clear. You want to remove the blur effect on it, does it mean that the start menu Orb will be the only thing visible?

 

[iambennu]

The start menu orb and any pinned icons and system menu, time and date. It is just the edge of the bar and the blur that is gone. Works well for my desktop design.

 

[rigz]

Aw, i know a program that will remove the blur effect on the taskbar and retain the start menu orb, but im not sure about the pinned items on it. Did you already tried this one? Im using this already for years and it works fine. Take a look with my desktop designs in my album.