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I don't use Groove app, so I didn't even know that there is some blur effect. But about the performance, I can say that the blurred accent (= the default blur effect available in Win10 without my AG) is very poorly optimized, e.g. if you enable it on the taskbar, it becomes very laggy when you move windows behind it.

Actually, titlebar caption glowing/colorization is not the task for the UxTSB. It has been implemented only as a temporary hack by applying it to any drawn text and it will be removed soon. Also, since the current version of UxTSB injects into Explorer.exe/Winlogon.exe only (because the task of this library is to allow application of custom themes), it simply cannot work on any other application.

ModernFrame is not on the download page, because it is not the official part of Aero Glass.

Actually, I think it will be better to remove Win8 section completely, because this version (neither Win8 nor AeroGlass) is not maintained and supported anymore. For the other versions, the install procedure is always the same.

Thanks for the bug report. Could you verify that it is fixed now? It will probably need restart after install/uninstall. Link: http://glass8.eu/out/ModernFrame-x64dbg-2016-10-28a.7z

So here we have another experiment. Remove any DLL from AppInit_DLLs, disable LoadAppInit_DLLs, download the following archive, open the command line with admin rights and run this command: Install: regsvr32 ModernFrame-x64-Debug.dll Uninstall: regsvr32 /u ModernFrame-x64-Debug.dll Then kill ApplicationFrameHost.exe, restart your computer or whatever :-) http://glass8.eu/out/ModernFrame-x64dbg-2016-10-28a.7z It is DEBUG 64-bit version!!!!

Because the standard DWM glow is just an glowing image rendered behind the text. But the option 0x3 is a feature of UxTheme that renders the glow effect by computing it for each letter separately (standard feature of DrawThemeTextEx)

It is related where the glow effect is rendered to. In Win7, the glow effect is rendered into the titlebar and the caption text is then put over it. But in my Aero Glass, I don't know where the caption text is exactly positioned, so the only option is to rendered glow effect directly into the caption text bitmap. So this bitmap is just enlarged to fit the glow effect, the text is centered into it, and finally DWM (i.e. not my Aero Glass) renders it at the same position as originally. And the TextGlowMode option is described in the guide.

Read the guide properly.

Currently yes. ModernFrame is only experimental hack so it requires non-standard steps. On the other side, SecureBoot does not really increase security in any way, it gives only false safety.

You must disable SecureBoot else it won't inject.

Because my DLL always loads glow from external atlas only.

Yeah, since ModernFrame does not load at startup at all but only when explorer.exe or applicationframehost.exe is executed, and it does not even affect rendering in any way, than any black screen cannot be caused but this DLL.

And now a small thing for those who like experiments: http://glass8.eu/out/UxTSB-2016-10-22-dbg.7z Important info for this build: 1) Install Aero Glass (and stop it from Task Scheduler, or just kill aerohost.exe process) 2) Replace DWMGlass.dll and aerohost.exe with files from this archive 3) Put UxTSB.dll into the same directory 4) Remove old UxThemeSignatureBypass DLL from registry, i.e. do NOT use AppInit_DLLs method!!!! 5) Start AeroGlass (from Task Scheduler) It is experimental debug build to remove dependency on AppInit_DLLs! It may be unstable! It may corrupt your OS install! It displays the debug console! Do NOT use if you don't want to use experimental stuff!

Yes, this is bug, glow position is incorrectly computed in UxTSB.

And what about this one? :-) http://glass8.eu/out/ModernFrame-2016-10-22.7z

Do you think that this could be usable? http://glass8.eu/out/UxTSB-2016-10-19.7z

Good :-) then it will probably generate useful debug.log or minidump :-)

Did you read the guide before installation?

Does it generate some minidump file? If yes, then upload it.

Interesting, I must check whether Win10 sends notification when this option is changed.

Nope, it is not bug - it is Windows 10 function that it does not colour the titlebar if you don't enable it.

Yes, this settings, but do not forget that you must scroll this window down to see additional options ;-)

Please, post the screen of Windows Settings.

Thanks... at the beginning, I was not sure whether my licensing model is correct, it was only a small experiment that I would probably change if it was needed. But... after 3 years of my Aero Glass life, I'm totally convinced that it is 100% acceptable. And only a few internet trolls are still complaining about it - persons who still trying to attack me with vulgar claims just because of a small watermark on the desktop and creating totally false statements about me, Aero Glass and the licensing model. And it makes no sense to change anything just becuase of them. Sometimes, I'm thinking about creating a library with best trolls' jokes. This is something new: