Transparency - Enable Full Clear Glass Transparency

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  1. Posts : 182
    Windows 7 7600 X64
       #10

    That's ok It's excellent anyway

    Thanks for the tutorial,
    Daniel Cardoso
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  2. Posts : 149
    Windows 7 x64 RTM Retail
       #11

    Somewhat related to the topic, to get rid of those slanted stripes that appear on the title bar when you have Aero on go into the Registry and change:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWMColorizationGlassReflectionIntensity

    to a lower value. Zero will get rid of the stripes while a lower number will make them less obvious.

    This takes affect after a reboot or you could stop then restart DWM.
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  3. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #12

    Thank you Streetwolf. I have not noticed any slanted stripes yet, at least for me though.
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  4. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #13

    These here Shawn, they're really hard to see.


    Transparency - Enable Full Clear Glass Transparency-stripes.jpg

    Sort of like the stripes you get when you hover over the Show Desktop button, except it's there in the window borders.

    Although I set it to zero in the registry and it took them away completely after I logged off/on, it reset itself to 50 when I rebooted.
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  5. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #14

    Oh ok, thank your Aaron. Since you can barely notice them, I had though that they were just part of the window behind it bleeding through.
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  6. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #15

    Yeah, you can move the window around to see them a little better while you're moving it, it makes it truly transparent when getting rid of them, but the registry change for the stripes didn't seem to stay changed for me.
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  7. LFB
    Posts : 697
    Windows7 Enterprise SP1 x64 (Technet)
       #16

    some seven builds don't have the hideblur Available...

    you have to replace the dwm.exe and uDWM.dll for enable again...

    i did in the 7260 rtm... :)

    dowmload both files here:
    Deposit Files

    here how to:

    Replace the files on c:\windows\system32\

    In order to replace and overwrite dwm.exe and uDWM.dll in Windows 7 system, firstly take ownership and grant full access permissions to the files, and then stop the Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager service in Control Panel -> System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Services module. Copy the dwm.exe and uDWM.dll to %systemdrive%\Windows\System32 folder
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  8. Posts : 149
    Windows 7 x64 RTM Retail
       #17

    The 'stripes' thingy is very noticeable on my system. Perhaps it the choice of color you use.

    There are circumstances where the Reg entry will be reset back to 50. Changing themes will do it and I think changing colors will do it too. There's probably other ways too. I suppose some things that reset DWM.
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  9. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #18

    Aaron, did you change colors or anything as Streetwolf described above before it reset for the stripes?
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  10.    #19

    Hi Brink thanks for the tuts , they are really easy to follow and are helping me out heaps

    I have a question for you ...

    When you maximise a window it isn't really transparent is it ? by that i mean if you have a dream playing on your desktop in W7 (Vista as well) it stops and Windows takes a snap shot of the background and uses it.

    Any way to make it truly transparent and show a live preview of the desktop ? I know its an odd request , i just like the idea of it...im sure other people will disagree with me lol.

    Thanks.
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