Dblake1 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'd imagine it would take more work in order to not use the DWM API to change things. Has this been tested in Windows 8 at all? The documentation on MSDN says that DWM was changed in Windows 8 so that these types of things would no longer work.The Windows 8 taskbar still uses DWM to render the background. If one uses DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow() on the taskbar in Windows 8. it turns opaque. In fact, that is how StartIsBack and other utilities turn the taskbar opaque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblake1 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90860637/TaskbarBlurToggle_020.zipGet it while I still host it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralcool Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I don't know what you did, but the result looks nice.My Win7 desktop looks fresher without the taskbar blur now I care about wallpaper again. (Bing I'm afraid.. they do have interesting stuff daily....)Is there a simple reg hack or something that does the same job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblake1 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) I don't know what you did, but the result looks nice.My Win7 desktop looks fresher without the taskbar blur now I care about wallpaper again. (Bing I'm afraid.. they do have interesting stuff daily....)Is there a simple reg hack or something that does the same job?No, this requires an external program to edit the way DWM draws blur on the taskbar. It's simply not possible with a registry edit. Edited November 13, 2013 by Dblake1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrondaman Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 but it does require .NET 4.0 or higher. tbh this suckswhy don't you make normal win32 app ? I believe Windows Visual Styles designers will love me for this. PS: No dirty wallpaper hacks or tricks are in use here, just pure transparency minus blur! your app sounds great, would love to have it, but your download link is unavailable. Shows 509 error great job and contribution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DosProbie Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Seems the link has expired along with Dblake1 as well. ~DP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxman Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Try here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DosProbie Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Thanks for the update Luxman. ~DP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 @Dblake1: Thank you for having reduced your tool's .NET requirements to 2.0! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DosProbie Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 This Winaero tool "Aero Taskbar Transparency" will also enable and disable opaque for the taskbar.http://www.mediafire.com/download/298miu2yhl529c8/Aero-Tranparent.rar ~DP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My1 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 is there some way to remove the blur but keep the color? all tools I have tested yet remove the color as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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