Vista taskbar transparency

By Naitsirk
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1: the itunes bug only affected me back in the RC1. now Im pretty certain theyve fixed it. i have had no problems with Itunes so far.

2: The taskbar doesnt go transparent. it alters slightly with Aero enabled but alas, it is not completely transparent. However, when you change the color of the Aero theme, the taskbar 'appears' to be more transparent.

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Right so far Ive seen one which make it totally transparent. if you visit the Vista Customization forum there is something which apparently makes it more transparent, but I cant notice any difference. your best bet is to change the color.

When you change your desktop and color to orange then it gets more transparent like this;

The only other option is to keep your windows restored and drag them to fit your screen. then the start bar is a bit more transparent. Like this;

Otherwise, your stuck with the boring black.

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I cant attach the other picture...somethings wrong with the site, im gonna contact an admin or something, but basically just restore the window, drag it by the corners so it fits the whole screen, and then the traskbar is also slightly more transparent... voila!

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so your windows are not maximied? also go into personalize in control panel, go to windows color and adjust the transparency slider. when i have my laptop pluged in it switches to high performance which allows transparency, but with battery on battery mode it switches it off, check that in power options.

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Hmm i see, Did you download the vista transparency thing from the other forum. Cus I havent done that, and when you restore windows so that you have none maximized, the taskbar appears slightly more transparent. (See attachment)

By the way, even after you change the trasnparency slider, it doesnt make the taskbar completely see through.

compare the two:

(gonna get lunch brb)

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Hmm i see, Did you download the vista transparency thing from the other forum. Cus I havent done that, and when you restore windows so that you have none maximized, the taskbar appears slightly more transparent...

No I haven't downloaded any "vista transparency thing" from other forum...

Will that make it transparent ?

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1: No its not the fact that its extended upwards, I thought the same thing at first. Check the attachment...

2: we are runnning Vista, not using style or Blinds etc.

3: sorry bout the vista transparency thing from other forum, thought you had downloaded it cus I didnt recognize the firefox icon.

*4: Try uninstalling mozilla firefox. I believe this could be the problem. Firefox does cancel the taskbar transparency from time to time. Otherwise check for a patch.

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*4: Try uninstalling mozilla firefox. I believe this could be the problem. Firefox does cancel the taskbar transparency from time to time. Otherwise check for a patch.

Not using the Firefox browser... but Opera.

Maybe its Opera thats canceling the transparency hmm... :hmmm:

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