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Mice cried, pricked, but continued to gnaw a cactus P.S. Uninstall and forget that hell. BM is irresponsible developer and don't care much about customers. What's why he always mentioned "donation" for his paid and trial-based buggy app. I paid him twice (it's a my fault but I always donating to the enthusiastic developers, usually more than $200/year) but don't be stupid like me...

It's a first time you've mentioned that... I would never start complaining if you showed some attention to my bug report (even if it's not a main priority). I can wait, the only weird thing it's a disregarding. By the way, why don't you use public bug tracker (like a github or - I'm 100% sure - you can find a lot of free services)? This site is OK for user discussions and to share opinions and impressions but definitely not intended for the bugs and feature requests tracking. Using pro tracking system will help you and your customers (or "donators" as you prefer to call your customers).

For me it "showstopper" 'cause I'm the developer of one of these apps (where this bug is very annoying). I was a customer of AeroGlass for a couple of years (actually, since first betas) and donated twice but now I must uninstall this app

Your app is broke Windows primary functionality but you don't see anything wrong? Actually, issue is not in the maximizing but in inability to switch back. And "thanks" for your advice: I don't want to have a bunch of completely different looking captions You know, I found a better solution - I completely uninstalled AeroGlass from my PC and trying to get used to work without it. What I really don't understand: why don't you add this functionality? Is it too complicated to properly add and emulate this button for some captions (where it must appear)? What is the problem?

A couple of words about "very nice": I know, it's very popular here to sing praises to @bigmuscle and I know his "principal" position: "It's a donate-ware so I don't care about f&^$g customer requests and bug reports" (BTW, I donated him twice, and probably it was a mistake - fortunately, not so big). BTW, as for "very nice": previous and latest releases has a critical BUG which affects directly to the Windows 10 functionality, I mentioned it in this post. Still no response at all, not ETA, nothing! I know what you or other "apostles" can say: "he's very busy", "nobody needs a full-screen apps" etc. However it's a BUG and showstopper for me - I can't use buggy aeroglass anymore (he-he, and I'm not a customer, just a "donator" )

Not only your problem not resolved; bug I mentioned in this post also not fixed yet (even not observed by @bigmuscle !). As for me, it should be more important than "glow effect" and other "bells and whistles" 'cause it's directly affected to the OS functionality.

I found two bugs in the latest Windows 10 RS version 1.5.2. First is critical: AeroGlass hides additional button on the Metro window caption bar (to show app in the "tablet mode", see pics below). Without AeroGlass (window has "diagonal arrows" button): With AeroGlass - no arrows button! Previous beta version don't have this bug but I lost that installation Second bug isn't critical but will be good to get it fixed: AeroGlass creates two log files, one in installation folder but second on the root of drive C:

There is no need to guess 'cause developer is reading forum and can provide a straight answer to that simple question. One more time: there is nothing "offensive" or "pushing" in that kind of question to the shareware author. I believe it's a pretty simple to understand.

So, my question to bigmuscle (but not to the "community attorneys" !) is still open: could you please provide release ETA? Next week, end of September, end of October, end of XXI century - any reply will be welcome

It's exactly what I mean... Two completely different advises (yours, dacrone, probably correct one). P.S. Hmm, after few tries and reboots I still have: - incompatibility issue dialog - nasty label on my desktop (but I already donated 10 €) You guys still called it release? You are lucky ones, I can tell you It's an easy to live with that confidence...

OK, thanks, it's much more informative and helpful than NoelC's reply! The only thing left is how to install #669 but I hope to find an answer here. P.S. No, I can't find any info here So you may call this Visual Studio configuration "Release" build as a "software release" but it's not a true (same as bigmuscle called his shareware project as a "donate-ware" but you are free "to believe whatever you want to believe" (c)

Hmm, could you please point me to the "secret" release page? Because I see only http://www.glass8.eu/beta i.e. !!! EXPERIMENTAL TESTING BUILD ONLY - DO NOT USE ON YOUR PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT !!! So, what I should "read carefully"? Can I install this beta http://www.glass8.eu/beta?file=rs1_14393_668_x64.7z and use AeroGlass w/o debug window, label on desktop etc.? Or your meaning of "release" is a quite different? What do you call "release"? I'm professional software developer and too busy with my daily job and homebrew "moonlight" projects for UWP platform. I don't have time for testing and discussing here; what I want is to have a "worry-less" release of "AeroGlass", to make my windows captions semi-transparent... P.S. I understand, we are not a customers 'cause we didn't paid but donated. However a small appreciation to the donators is always very welcome (it's not for you but for bigmuscle)

I know, bigmuscle hates this topic and that kind of requests but (really!) will be good to know the ETA of release? Many beta-testers here reporting about perfect work of the current beta with the latest Win10 updates so - I believe! - providing a realistic ETA is not a hard deal... I'm really missing AeroGlass on my Win10 workstation (I'm using it since the very first release for Win8.1 (or 8.0?) and donated twice at least - as far as I remember - my donation came from sensboston) but I want a release not a debug (I'm developer and already have too many debug windows on my screen to add one more). So, bigmuscle, could you please provide an estimation (about a week's accuracy), just to save my time, to skip checking this forum and off-site daily

"this application killed your system completely" - is it just a figure of speech or a real possibility? I didn't dig deep but I assumed you have a deal just with GDI-related code?

bigmuscle, why don't you release the current "experimental" build? According to my experience (and I believe, by the other testers here experience) this build is stable enough and working fine on the released Windows 10. I know you are "perfectionist" but it's simple not possible to release 100% bug- or issue-free builds. And of course release will stop some people negative emotions and feedback. I know that you don't care however... Some people (including me) donated you (and some - a few times), they are like your app and feel uncomfortable without transparent captions (yes, sir, it is! sounds crazy but it's a fact). Yeah you are big boss here but could you please show a little appreciation to the people who loves what you do? Thank you very much, WBR, Sergey

Thanks!

bigmuscle, thanks a lot for the release! I just made another donation to you (not for additional licenses but just to support your development). Hope, you'll delight us with AeroGlass updates and improvements! P.S. A small question: how to make AeroGlass more "transparent" but keep automatic theme color?

Hey, bigmuscle, can we expect a New Year gift from you (I mean, the official release) ?

Thanks for the info & roadmap, sir! >>Enjoy! But remember that this is still only beta build not intended for daily usage! Oh, no! I simple can't work on my PC without AeroGlass

bigmuscle, could you please announce ETA for the AeroGlass for Windows 8.1? I've tried (and currently using) beta release and it works pretty stable (btw, thanks a lot!) I know, you don't like to set any kind of deadlines for the fun projects but (I think so) it will be very nobly towards donators... P.S. I'm one of the donators And I'm sorry to trouble you...

Congrats with release and thanks for the good work!

This setting doesn't do anything in the AeroGlass release dll. By the way, IMHO it will be much easier to have all "Win7 like" settings in the one app instead of app + custom unsigned themes. What's why I've asked bigmuscle about this feature... [uPDATE] Thanks again, I've got correct rounded corners - it was my fault, I've created QWORD (64 bit DWORD) instead 32-bit DWORD param

Thanks! But the shadow size still smaller than original Win7. And if I choose "rounded corners" theme, there are some artifacts on the corners. By the way, bigmuscle already rendering window borders; I think it will be a nice feature of the AeroGlass - not for the upcoming release, of course but in future...

bigmuscle, is it possible to implement shadows around the window, exactly how it's implemented in Windows 7? The semitransparent blurred window borders looks much more contrast with shadows.

Open notepad and paste these lines: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows]"LoadAppInit_DLLs"=dword:00000001"AppInit_DLLs"="C:\\Windows\\DWM\\DWMGlass.dll""RequireSignedAppInit_DLLs"=dword:00000000(don't forget to change a real AeroGlass folder location (I put it under C:\Windows - don't like many folders in the root directory)) Save it under "AeroGlassReg.reg" name and execute with regedit.exe After that, open task manager and kill process dwm.exe (it will restart shortly), and you allset