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WinaeroGlass - Aero glass is back into your Windows 8

Software: Sergey @ Friday 2013 January 18 - 00:00:04

Our friend Vishal Gupta has covered how to get stable transparency in Windows 8 using our Aero8Tuner software and bLend tool. I realized that:
1. work with two tools is NOT HANDY.
2. the bLend's features can be easily repeated with several lines of code. It is nothing more than just layered windows.

So i decide to start this project.

WinaeroGlass

The main goal of this project to provide you the Aero experience as close to Windows 7 as it possible.

Step one
I have implemented all-in-one tool which allow you to get aero glass with one click.
It is currently have no any UI but does its work well.

The near future
I am working hard to provide you window frames with blur. This is our main goal and I do hope it will be implemented ASAP.

The next steps will be useful user interface for WinaeroGlass.
Stay tuned.

You can try WinaeroGlass (the early alpha version without UI) right now.

Download and unpack WinaeroGlass.exe using the link below and run it.
That's it!
You should log off and log in back to stop WinaeroGlass since it has no native "stop\exit" feature yet.

Download WinaeroGlass

Sergey Tkachenko

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Comments

Phuong Hoang\|18 Jan
Guest	Excellent! It is really what I'm looking for. Thank you!!!

Anonymous\|18 Jan
Guest	This is beautiful! I am looking forward to this. Also in the future will there be a white shadow behind the title on the windows for dark schemes like windows 7? It's hard to see window titles with black desktop wallpapers. Thanks for this.

Krishna\|18 Jan
Guest	It is really nice...Thnx

GK\|18 Jan
Guest	Wow so cool. This is awesome. Thanks VG Sergey

srinath\|18 Jan
Guest	Good effect but it would be even better if there is a bit blur because the name of the window is not visible in dark desktop background

Viktor\|18 Jan
Guest	Half the windows text blurs when moving. Like Aero8Tuner.

Anonymous\|19 Jan
Guest	Can you round up ALL window corners please!! Hate hard square corners..

CalinStelistu\|19 Jan
Guest	AWESOME! I've made a tutorial! Check my YT channel TheCalinStelistu

JustATester\|19 Jan
Guest	I don't know if this could be useful, but I noticed that, after enabling transparency, if I move the "Color Intensity" slider in the "Color and Appearence" window, it goes back to full opacity. This makes me think that an opacity range still exists somewhere..

Yamomoto\|19 Jan
Guest	Terrible useless thing. Windows 8 is Crap originally. No one can make candy out of the crap.

kenpmason\|20 Jan
Guest	How do I undo it? It's not quite stable, leading to video artefacts.

In Task Manager\|20 Jan
Guest	There is a problem in "Task Manager" Plz fix it ! Thanks !

Nik\|20 Jan
Guest	Problem Task Manager-start Expression Blend with the run an administrator option!!!

M5\|20 Jan
Guest	Any app launched as Adminstrator either : 1. Has glitchy AeroGlass 2. Sometimes breaks whole AeroGlass

Anonymous\|21 Jan
Guest	Excelent!!! Great tutorial.

mirecek1965\|21 Jan
Guest	Awesome, i wait for this. No problems at all. Using patched uxTheme and Chromium theme from RaymonVisual for Win8. Thank you. Functional only i runnig desktop, when logoff/logon, must run again. I add it to task scheduler, now worked from logon :-)

aryansh\|21 Jan
Guest	how to undo this effect??

Sergey \|22 Jan
Comments: 369	aryansh, read article to the end To all: guys, do not expect too much from this, this application is my first try and it is not even beta

FALYGUITAR\|22 Jan
Guest	Esta muy bien y funciona perfecto. Para que se inicie con Windows 8 solo tienes que colocar el programa en carpeta Inicio (Win+R y poner: shell:common startup).

tIZ\|23 Jan
Guest	Wow, cool stuff! Thanks a lot!!

220\|23 Jan
Guest	When a new version coming?

look\|23 Jan
Guest	Awesome! but can u make the taskbar transparent without color?

M5\|24 Jan
Guest	"look", there is an easy way to do so

M5\|24 Jan
Guest	Sergey, recently I read on AskVG a comment from you that there is absolutely no way of getting blur? Is that true :( ?

ArielAleXCo\|25 Jan
Guest	Im looking for a windows with color semi transparent. even if it does not have the blur, the 90% opacity color would be great. I have download it, but If you make it posible I will, and I donate.

Olav\|25 Jan
Guest	How about adding "Tiny Windows Borders for Windows 8" into this project? All these small apps should become one!

Sergey \|25 Jan
Comments: 369	M5,ArielAleXCo I am trying to get blur Olav, I will think about. First I have to finish blur

M5\|25 Jan
Guest	Sergey, take your time

terran\|27 Jan
Guest	Not Glass, Only transparent Solo se hacen transparentes las ventanas, pero el glass no esta, y si el glass, abecés no se entienden los títulos de las ventanas

iyuan\|27 Jan
Guest	I hope you can help me 1.get aero glass with color(use m$ api)&blur. 2.when I select Automatic Color Mode in color settings,when I change a wallpaper transparent will fly away,can you block and set to transparent automaticly?

Sandy Wich's Boy\|27 Jan
Guest	Wow, this is great, what I have been fruitlessly searching for until now! If you can eventually make it look exactly like it did with Windows 7 (with a bit of blur behind it) it will be stunning. I came to love AreoGlass in Windows 7 and was severely disappointed it was removed from Windows 8. But, even now it is great, very promising. Thank you and I look forward to future updates.

raymonvisual\|27 Jan
Guest	would be great if you can also add full transparent of the taskbar (not only windowborders).

iyuan\|28 Jan
Guest	raymonvisual，you would be great if you can also add full transparent of the taskbar (not only windowborders). you can use aerolite.msstyles! or you like other msstyles,you can rename it to aerolite.msstyles!

raymonvisual\|29 Jan
Guest	but i want to use other vs

kamilo099\|30 Jan
Guest	bardzo fajny efekt

CalinStelistu\|30 Jan
Guest	Please im waiting for blur

Inspironatic\|01 Feb
Guest	This aero patch for win 8 doesn't apply on the automatic colour changer.............. But as per my suggestion, can't you just manage any resoure files from consumer preview which supported both aero and automatic color changer......... Plz do find a way to fix this prob.....

zqqm\|04 Feb
Guest	Flash based videos, full on screen freezes .. The problem is derived from this program ..

Grekaal\|05 Feb
Guest	This program is amazing. Can't wait for Aero glass effects such as blur and glassy windows effect. One issue though is that it causes iTunes to not display correctly. I don't know if its fixable but please try to fix the issue. Thanks

raymonvisual\|09 Feb
Guest	pls make a exclude feature. i want to exclude photoshop. pls

Is to glossy.\|10 Feb
Guest	Need to adjust the glass style!!!

Anonymous\|25 Feb
Guest	This tool won't be fully useful until it stops breaking iTunes and spotify, sadly.

uiwcardinalarmy\|03 Mar
Guest	It is unstable on my Win8! Please help fix!

oias.heeda\|06 Mar
Guest	It does not stay effective permanently. Is there any way to fix this? I don't want to keep having to click on the .exe file all the time to make it work. Great app though. Loving it apart from that.

phly95\|10 Mar
Guest	This works great, except you have to sign out and back in to disable it and it slows games down.

yarosan\|12 Mar
Guest	I love you!

jimbohurt\|15 Mar
Guest	So it doesnt actually install anything, it just runs it while your logged in? And then to have it 'always' run you can put in start up so that way it auto goes each time? Do i have this logic correct?

Sergey \|15 Mar
Comments: 369	Correct!

XweAponX|21 Mar

Guest

I like how easy this is, but... I don't like that it does not give you the same colour as your Desktop Theme- And that it is temporary - It shuts down when you switch to the Windows 8 module and then go back to the Desktop.

If you can install some control elements, some choices and preferences - That would be great.

Regardless of these very small drawbacks, I think it's great that you made this, I hate not having Aero. I love Aero, it gives my desktop more dimension. I just wish it was like the Aero in Windows 7, and that the controls for adjusting level of transparency are there in the Display settings. very good work, keep at it, and I'll donate to your cause next time I have $$

XweAponX|21 Mar

Guest

I just downloaded your Aero8Tuner app - YES! If you can add WinAero into THAT Program... I think your post says that you can't mix the two programs? Too bad, or maybe I read that wrong.

However, I added WinAero to my start programs, so it launches right away. I use Stardock's Start8 which gives me back access to Control Panel and all the stuff they hid in 8. I only installed 8 2 days ago - I actually love it, especially on my puter that has a touch screen. But I'm so used to the stuff I have handy access to in 7.

Anonymous\|23 Mar
Guest	I just found a tool- Big Muscle's Aero Glass, that blurs window borders, but I can't make borders transparent. Instead, I have to set window color to a nearly transparent white. I think it's open source, too. Check it out.

Anonymous|23 Mar

Guest

Same person as above. I also noticed that when I started this other application, after installing WinaeroGlass, as Desktop Window Manager went through its two stages of starting and stopping, that my window borders looked like Windows 7, same buttons in the title bar and everything. This had not happened before installing your application. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good look at it because it disappeared as soon as DWM stabilized. I don't know what this means, but it could be hopeful.

Illari\|09 Apr
Guest	Cuddles, kisses, etc. Thank You!!heartheart

adzuki\|14 Apr
Guest	so great ! but if aero effect look like Windows RC will be better

Jet 59\|20 Apr
Guest	Awesome, works great, I just added the .exe to start menu.. THANK YOU! Question, is blur coming any time soon??? Hard to read window text.. thanks!

Dave|24 Apr

Guest

Love the stable glass effect, your program adds the stability to the high contrast personalization tweak. Am using Iobits start button as no offense intend its the best one, the problem is it doesnt translate to the aero glass and appears as a transparent grey. Would love any feedback as how to create the full glass effect on this, also I when you do the blur will their still be the option for full glass as it looks awesome. Many thanks will watch this page for your reply.

Anonymous\|26 Apr
Guest	it seems to turn off after a few minutes. the process is still there in the task manager but the window bars become opaque again. Might it be due to the "automanic" color changing windows overriding it when the color changes?

jimbohurt\|27 Apr
Guest	wait, is supposed to work on the taskbar?

BillG\|28 Apr
Guest	Hey, any plans for a transparent border effect like the current taskbar in Windows 8? That will match the look of Windows 8 better (and I suppose lighter on resources as no blur effect is needed)

Guest\|05 May
Guest	Thats PERFECT. Thank you

kryptonnms\|15 May
Guest	Any estimation on when blur will be coming?

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