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After recently trying out a new'CustomThemeAtlas' PNG (using the registry value) I noticed when hovering over the windows close buttons that areas of transparency within the titlebar would flash or darken. The PNG was valid, and aligned with my current msstyle, so that's not the issue. Problem is even after reverting back the issue persists. Seems to appear randomly, but I've found it's usually when two or more windows are visible on the screen and one of the window's close buttons are hovered upon. Really strange, as it's been perfect up until now as far as I remember. Donating user btw.

Nice update as usual Is there any chance you could look into fixing this small icon spacing issue for narrow taskbars in the next release? You should check out Aero Glass, an app that brings Aero back to Windows 8. Using it currently and works very well.

Here's a WebM clip captured at 30fps of the hover (had to make the taskbar horizontal to get the capture window over it ). IIRC wasn't the effect part of a Windows update? Haven't seen any notices yet, but that could be it. And saw the option in the Advanced section, turns out it's the same as the one in the Windows settings. I'm not concerned though, as I like the on/off hover state

Do you have animation turned off in SiB's options? Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII with M.O.A.R. v9.0, dkp kernel dated 3/20/2014 and TWRP v2.7.0.0. I don't see any animation option in SIB, but I do have animations turned off for the 'Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows' control panel settings. Perhaps that's it, as I only notice a very light flicker sometimes but not shine or animation.

This can be done with any resource editor by extracting STREAM resource from your .msstyles theme file. When importing it into AeroGlass, your system theme's STREAM must have exactly same layout else all graphics will be misaligned. Thanks. Unzipped the .msstyle theme with 7zip, navigated to the directory, then extracted and renamed the first file to .PNG. Haven't tried it yet but it's definitely a different layout to the ones found on your site so I think it should work when I edit it. OT, but the edit label on MSFN posts is a bit too strict I think. Even editing within the first few seconds after being posted it appends the 'Edited by' label, should be up to 1 minute to leave room for quick typo edits, etc.

So just installed v1.6, and I can't even see the effect. So much for my concern However one problem is the default Start icon seems to have some extra space to the left of it now, which it didn't have in 1.5.2. I only am aware of this because I use a narrow taskbar, see the following images: If there was a way to fix the minor extra spacing it would be very much appreciated, as everything else is perfect.

Thanks for the answers, both TwoCables and RWT. Will likely install the update later today.

In the changelog for version 1.6 it noted 'Default start button has shine effect' as a general improvement. I was wondering what the effect looked like before updating SIB.

Is there a screenshot of the new 'shine' effect for the start button in 1.6? I liked the default icon and was hoping I could keep it, or perhaps there's a way to extract the default icon? Mightn't be a big deal but was curious

Quick question: is there a way to extract the regular Windows 8.1 theme into a PNG that can be used for an Aero Glass-compatible theme? Saw this PNG on the site, is that identical or has it changed at all since the original? Thanks

Nice to know it has been picked up on now. Thanks

Is there a way to prevent Aero Glass from creating minidump files constantly in the root directory? I've already submitted a bug report a while back, but thought I'd post here in case there was a way to fix this behavior.

I've noticed that when opening folders from other applications (specifically the portable search tool Everything) the Ribbon is enabled again, but only when opening from the app using 'Open path' in the results. Is there a way to fix this, or do the changes made by ONE not target some instances of Windows Explorer?

Just donated for my key yesterday, and was wondering how to disable Aero Glass when I want. Tried using this VB script from this topic but it failed to disable it. Was wanting to enable a different visual style I downloaded but the windows now have artifacts from Aero Glass still appearing (I've already patched the system). Anyone know how? Thanks Edit: found that deleting the 'CustomThemeAtlas' from the DWM registry folder cleared the .png that was being used by Aero Glass, solving the issue.

This program... So glad I found it, was dispairing as my initial reaction to Win 8.1 was underwhelming in regards to customization (to put it lightly lol). Thank you so much for including a classic menu when pressing Alt (or maybe I just hadn't noticed it before). Feature request: would it be possible to add an option for hiding the Command Bar completely? I rarely use it, and since a menu is available when pressing Alt it would be nice to have the option to hide it. Also noticed a minor bug: previous settings aren't remembered when reopening the cfg exe.