Thursday, December 18, 2008

How To Retain Transparency even after maximizing a window

When you maximize a window in Vista, the transparency gets lost in the window as well as in taskbar. At the AeroXP forum a hacked aero.msstyles file has been posted, which can enable the transparency in maximized windows also. Here are the instructions :


You have to patch 3 files to allow windows to use 3rd party themes. Download this file from Anti-TGTSoft . And follow the instructions mentioned therein.

Now download this file, and replace your existing C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\ Aero\aero.msstyles file with the downloaded file. Thats it ! It might be a nice idea, however, to preserve your original aero.msstyles file on another location.

You can also try True Transparency from CrystalXP.

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