Windows 7127: Full transparent window frame again possi

[unawave]

In Windows 7 (build 7127) again it is possible to switch the window frame from "frosted glass" effect ("blur") into fully transparent

 

[hatcher]

will give it a gogo

 

[johngalt]

That sounds intriguing....

Thanks for the info.

 

[steele84]

Cool, now how about the task bar ?

 

[unawave]

This effect was also in the builds 6956, 7022, 7048 and 7068 possible.
In the builds 7000, 7077 and 7100 it doesn't work.

You also can use this function in the build 7100 (RC), when you copy the two files "DWM.exe" and "uDWM.dll" from folder c:\windows\system32\ of Build 7127 into the Build 7100.

Whereby the file "DWM.exe" is responsible for the evaluation of the registry key ("HideBlur=1") and the file "uDWM.dll" for full transparency.

In order to overwrite these files at all, you first must acquire the full access rights at these files. Then "stop the service": "Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager" for a short time and copy the files from build 7127 into 7100. After that "restart the service": "Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager" again.

 

[hatcher]

tanks mate works well ty

 

[Nikkeli]

Sorry to dig this up, but if there is someone with 7127 64 bit can you please upload dwm.exe and uDWM.dll files for me (and possibly others?).

Or does same files work for 64 bit?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Cool, cheers man. Works great on 7127 x86. You need to add a DWORD (XXbit) value (where XX is 32 or 64, based on your system) in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM

Before

After

 

[swarfega]

when you say 64-bit dword, do you mean q-word key?

 

[Airbot]

when you say 64-bit dword, do you mean q-word key?

Hi swarfeggy,

you could just make a 32 bit dword value like the rest of the entries there, but it appears that it doesn't work anymore in 7201, at least for me now. I had it in 7137.

 

[mxosder16]

but it appears that it doesn't work anymore in 7201

I second. The DWM folder isn't even there in x86

 

[Airbot]

Hmm, strange. The folder's there with x64, but the entry has no effect like it did in 7137.

 

[mxosder16]

Actually my bad, I looked under local machine and the folder wasn't there. It's there under current user, i'm rebooting to see if it worked

Edit: Does not work in x86 7201

 

[Airbot]

No, no worky anymore.

 

[Charbroil57]

Fully Transparent Window Frames again!

Using the registry changes mentioned before in UNAWAVE - Full transparent window frame window frames can be fully transparent again in build 7229. (At least in x64)

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Looking good...​

Marvin​

 

[Airbot]

Yes, it works for me again in 7229, didn't in 7201.

 

[dw96]

Tried it out on my dad's notebook. Seems cool, but sometimes confusing. For me.. it's not so useful, but I'm pretty sure other users will like it.