transparency

When using a solid desktop color on XP, I could place a .PNG with a transparent (invisible) background and it would work; this allowed me to change the desktop color without having to change the color of the image's background to match it. This doesn't work for me currently; its showing...

Jack Wallen shows you how to set Windows desktop gadgets to 0% opacity which will then revert to 100% upon mouse-over. More...

Well, trying to fix annoying bug #348957509 in win7.... When you try to drag and drop a file in win7, there is a transparent icon that follows yours cursor around. This icon is pointless and makes viewing folder names a bit more difficult. Is it possible to disable this? The only "fix" ive...

Is there was a way to adjust the degree of transparency of the Taskbar and System Tray?

Link RemovedPeter Torr, Program Manager for Windows Phone platform, and Darin Miller, Program Manager for the Windows Phone Tools, join Jaime Rodriguez to discuss the Windows Phone beta release and its glidepath to RTM. Relevant links: Link Removed Windows Phone Training Kit Windows Phone...

how would i draw a semi-transparent rectangle with code for use with Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Taskbar.TaskbarManager.Instance.SetOverlayIcon? thanks

dotted lines in windows with the lines dure aero snap and without (no aero snap) but you cant also see it in the transparent winodows...

Most people generally ask "How do you change the background picture of your login screen?" but I already have that figured out and want to ask, is there ANY way to move the user icon box? that is the only thing I really want to change, because it gets really annoying. If anyone knows how to move...

I can see nice transparency (with border and body) when I open "Add gadgets windows". Why not all other window like "my computer"? is it possible to add bluer transparent to 'my computer' like gadgets window?

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Hi everybody, i have an issue for the transparency settings here in my Dell inspiron 1464. They put Windows 7 Home Basic. I didn't get the options for "Personalize". Because of this i couldn't put the transparency effects. If anybody knew about this, how to put it and set the settings for...

Windows 7 Gimp and Filezilla, they work great together, I have been building my website and it is so much easier in windows 7. Gimp is a really good image editor and its free, you can make transperancys as well. Filezilla is an ftp client, so you can upload your website ;)

Microsoft has informed of a Link Removed - Invalid URL-related issue in which users will notice that a rogue pixel will appear on their screens. A white dot can be displayed on the top-left corner of the screen for Windows 7 computers that are running under a Windows Aero theme, but for which...

I’m sure you are familiar with the Windows 7 task switcher, which has been around since Windows XP. To access it you simply press Alt+Tab and use them to cycle through programs that our currently open. Then in Windows Vista we saw an additional feature which is essentially the same thing but it...

I have windows 7 Home Basic, somehow... How can i add up a PERSONALIZE, ( right click > personalization ) option? Windows 7 Home Basic doesnt seems to have it... Besides, is it possible to add up " AERO GLASS EFFECT" in windows 7 Home basic? what i meant is GLASS with transparency or just...

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I've been having an issue when trying to change the taskbar colour. I've recently bought Windows 7 Home Premium, and when I got to change my taskbar colour (as right now it is a solid-blue colour) by clicking the Windows Color button in my control panel, this comes up This confuses me...

How can I remove transparency from the start menu and title bars? StanH

Hello everyone thank in advance for the help. I am new to windows 7 and for some reason having a more difficult time adapting to than the previous windows. This is a very simple question. How do I get the gadgets out of their transparent grid? Thanks, Austin

this is wat i get when i run the fix... Desktop Window Manager is disabled Detected The Desktop Window Manager must be enabled in order to display Aero desktop effects such as transparency. Enable the Desktop Window Manager Completed Enabling the Desktop Window Manager will enable Aero...