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Windows Vista Making the Whole Window Transparent

Feb 15, 2007 10:47AM PST

Hi,

I just got windows vista. I was wondering if it was possible to make a whole window transparent. It would be really cool to make windows media center transparent.

Thanks
-Tabha

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Not natively, but...
Feb 15, 2007 12:30PM PST

Vista only natively supports transparent borders, but you can make the entire window transparent by using the free program Glass2K. It's no longer officially supported, but it's small and light on system resources while giving you the ability to create custom settings (adjust the transparency in 10% increments) for each individual application window.

Hope this helps,
John

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thank you
Feb 16, 2007 1:28AM PST

omg this works great... thank you

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John, that's fun!!
Feb 16, 2007 6:18AM PST

I just now read this thread, went out and got that Glass2k for my Win2000. it is fun!!

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Looks interesting, but
Feb 16, 2007 6:25AM PST

it's a shame it isn't Vista like, eg just the aero header and borders of each window. I would have liked that.

As it is, I'm not sure I could cope with full window transparency.

Ahh well, I'm never satisfied! Happy

Mark