Aero Glass for Win8 1.3

[johne53]

[Edit...] Apologies. I just found a thread that's dedicated to Aero Glass 8.1 (where I should have posted this in the first place) but MSFN forum won't let me Copy & Paste from here into the other thread. Nor will it let me generate a hyperlink so I can link from the other thread. Maybe I don't have enough reputation or something. Anyway, sorry that this has ended up in the wrong thread...

I downloaded Aero Glass for Windows 8.1. I like the general look and might be happy to donate - but....

1) The donation page seems to be inactive.

2) Quite often I see an annoying popup which shows me a long numeric code and asks if I'd like to copy it to the clipboard. I've no idea what I'm supposed to do after copying it to the clipboard. Do I need to enter it somewhere??

3) I believe that some other products (e.g. WindowBlinds) will allow me to revert my Start Menu back to the 'look & feel' of Windows 7. Is that possible with Aero Glass 8.1? Even after theming, Windows 8.1's Start Menu looks very ugly and it also needs to be launched from a right-click instead of the more traditional left-click. I find it all very irritating and I'd definitely pay for a product that gets it back to the old Win7 style.

4) I use dual monitors. I don't know if it's just an aberration with my particular system but with Windows 8.1, I see 2 x task bars (one on each monitor). It's always been like that, ever since I installed Win8.1 (i.e. it didn't just start happening after I installed Aero Glass). Does anyone know if there's a way to get back to only having 1 x task bar, like in all previous versions of Windows (and every other modern OS AFAIK) ?

Edited March 3, 2014 by johne53

[NoelC]

1. Yes, the donation page is temporarily offline. See the link just above your post.

2. Your Machine ID will be used to generate a donation.key (when the donation process is back online) that you will download and which will avert the pop-up and watermark.

3. No other product offers translucent "glass effect" window borders and taskbar. This is it. The good news is that this product can augment the various other products and makes the Windows desktop look better with virtually any theme. You really don't even need a theme, because this product can load an alternate set of resources for use with the standard Windows 8 aero implementation.

3a. Check out Classic Shell. I find it to be an excellent Start button/menu replacement. I happen to like the "Classic style" setting, which doesn't really match any of the prior Windows Start menus exactly, but is actually better.

4. You have two Taskbars because Microsoft thought that would be a useful or reasonable feature. Frankly I don't find any use for a Taskbar whatsoever on other than my primary monitor. To configure that, right-click the Taskbar, choose Properties, and note the [ ] Show taskbar on all displays option.

-Noel

[ap1756]

Following a fresh win 8 x86 reinstal, necessitated by a crash, Aeroglass produced a NEW machine code (on the same laptop machine, the same booting SSD) thus rendering my license key invalid. As a donor, entitled to two keys, I attempted to regenerate which produced "no more keys for you."The log file cannot be uploaded, so I enclosed it here:

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[BlB]

Doesn't work with the leaked updates for Windows 8.1 Update 1.

en → bg

Не работи с изтеклите актуализации за Windows 8.1 Update 1 .

[bphlpt]

Doesn't work with the leaked updates for Windows 8.1 Update 1.

Correct.

Cheers and Regards

[johne53]

Sorry for being inattentive. This site isn't sending me notifications when someone responds to my post, so I had no idea there'd been any replies :-(

Noel - thanks for the tip about removing that 2nd taskbar. Like you, I couldn't see much point in having a duplicated task bar on my other monitor but it's good to know it can be turned off.

New question - I googled "Classic Shell" and I must admit, I like the look of it. Is it compatible with Aero Glass though? I'd hate to lose the Aero Glass effect, after spending such a long time trying to find a good implementation!

[Edit...] I just visited the donation page and there's a notice saying that it's no longer possible to remove the popup and watermark (I assume, not even by donating). Is that true???

Edited March 9, 2014 by johne53

[BlB]

BTW ...MY FIRST post asked the creator of this excellent program "IS IT POSSIBLE by his method/program to be transformed the TILES to be TRANSPARENT"

[nwstorm]

I just found this and really love it. It brings back the glass effect exactly as I had hoped and I'm willing to donate to remove the watermark and nag popup. I read where the creator of this mentioned that the donation page is down for repair, well I sure hope it gets back up soon because I think this is a great program.

[johne53]

I'm willing to donate to remove the watermark and nag popup. I read where the creator of this mentioned that the donation page is down for repair, well I sure hope it gets back up soon because I think this is a great program.

Me too... The creator states on his web site "Do not ask how to remove popup or watermark. You cannot now." But it's unclear whether he means "You cannot now (temporarily)" or "You cannot now (permanently)".

[Ex_Brit]

I think it's the language difference. He means he can't do it right now but is working on fixing the page, so standby, it will be available soon.

[jaclaz]

johne53

The Author of this tool has been having issues with that page(and/or generation or codes and/or *something* else) and decided to TEMPORARILY disable this possibility until he finds time to troubleshoot the issue.

Unfortunately there are two threads with the same object, the present one for 8: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163725-aero-glass-for-win8-12/

and the other one for 8.1:

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170850-aero-glass-for-win81-12/

Whilst some "general info" is "common" between the two releases.

On the other one, you may have found :

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170850-aero-glass-for-win81-12/?p=1070965

JFYI, there is a project by another member ogf MSFN, called StartisBack, here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163489-startisback-152/

that you may want to try.

jaclaz

[johne53]

Thanks guys. BTW, I seem to be having two recurring problems with this web site:-

1) No matter how I adjust my profile settings I cannot seem to get this site to send me an email when someone replies to one of my posts. I can see the various notification options (and I've tried adjusting them) but nothing seems to work. Notifications are clearly possible - and my email address seems to be correct - so what settings do I need for this to work?

2) When typing a reply or a new post, copy & paste doesn't work (i.e. paste doesn't work). I can type into the text box but pasting text just doesn't work. Any suggestions?

[jaclaz]

#1 Unfortunately it is a known issue with notifications, though the good guys are working on this, since the last update of the board software notifications have worked intermittently and fail to work in some cases without an apparent reason, see:

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163472-ipb-update-july-2013-to-version-345-bugs-only/

#2 The issue has the same reason (stupid board software) but it should be "browser specific", namely you must be running some version of Explorer, which is known to create these issues (see the same thread above about board software bugs).

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163472-ipb-update-july-2013-to-version-345-bugs-only/?p=1068662

jaclaz

[surcix]

Hi Big Muscle. I just upgraded to a ssd drive and wanted to activate your product, but on your site I see is maintenance. What can I do to stop de popup ? Can I send you machine code or something ? regards !

[bphlpt]

Hi Big Muscle. I just upgraded to a ssd drive and wanted to activate your product, but on your site I see is maintenance. What can I do to stop de popup ? Can I send you machine code or something ? regards !

You can't right now.

Please, just wait. It will be back in several days, but I won't say the exact date. I don't have much time now so it may be happen tomorrow or in 5 days too. Just be patient :-)

So please wait patiently.

Cheers and Regards