Click on the OK button to finalize your changes. Adjust the Taskbar Opacity value until youre satisfied with the results.

Make sure to enable the Customize Taskbar option, then choose Transparent.

Switch to the Windows 10 Settings tab using the header menu of the application. The feature can be restored with a checkmark just as easily. Make your Windows 10 taskbar 100 transparent. Uncheck the Enable transparency option to disable transparency. In the Personalization window, click the Window Color link at the bottom of the window Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose Personalize. But personally, I find it’s a little easier to deal with my system with transparency turned off. They still have a little sheen, a pattern that moves when the window is dragged around. The window borders are not featureless if transparency is turned off. This is the same window with transparency turned off: This is what Internet Explorer looks like with transparency turned on: The feature is called “Transparency” and it can be turned off without affecting anything else. It’s an interesting and attractive effect but it can make the title bar of your programs difficult to read and it doesn’t really add anything to the process of getting work done. The wallpaper shows through behind the taskbar as well. Each window onscreen has a translucent border that allows the background to show through. One of Aero’s effects can be distracting. Aero harnesses the video power in the current generation of motherboards and video cards to produce the thumbnail window previews that appear when you hover over taskbar icons, along with subtle animations and many more effects. But you cant make the taskbar completely transparent, so that only your icons show up against your wallpaper. This week I’ll describe a few that might fit a few people and be unimportant for others.Īlmost everyone runs Windows 7 with Aero enabled. The Windows 10 taskbar is, by default, slightly transparent and tinted to a color you choose.If you know where to look, and you can even increase its transparency with a registry hack. There are thousands of ways to customize Windows 7.

My taskbar is transparent