Vista taskbar transparency

[Naitsirk]

Hi

My taskbar in Windows Vista is not showing up as transparent... its just black and boring.

Is there a way to enable/change the transaprency level on the taskabar ?

[J400uk]

You need aero first, and iTunes has a bug which kills the transparency (if you are one of 100million ipod owners).

[Medking]

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.

[Naitsirk]

I have Aero enabled and I'm not using I-Tunes...

All other windows, sidebar and stuff apers as they should...

There is only the taskbar that seemes not to be transparent :(

[Medking]

Yeah, I realize that...It doesnt go transparent.

heres a screen shot of my taskbar...see if it matches.

[Razorwing]

firefox does that.. it kills the transparency aswell.

[Naitsirk]

Yes, thats how it is...

Isn't there any tweaking program or reg-setting available to change/fix this ?

[ATLien_0]

it looses transparency when you maximize your windows, also if you have a dark background you tend to not notice the transparency

[RatherLargeBear]

firefox does that.. it kills the transparency aswell.

no it doesn't

its probably just maximised

[Medking]

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.

[Naitsirk]

it looses transparency when you maximize your windows, also if you have a dark background you tend to not notice the transparency

Not it doesn't its newer transparent... even with a bright background.

[Medking]

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!

Medking

[ATLien_0]

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.

[Naitsirk]

This is how it looks like...

[Medking]

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)

[Naitsirk]

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 ?

[EZRecovery]

No related to the thread, but I have a question. Are you guys using WindowBlind 5 or StyleXP to get the latest visual style?

I'm using Aero Style Beta 2 with StyleXP.

Thanks

/EZ

Edited April 9, 2007 by EZRecovery

[Naitsirk]

Not using Style XP or Windows XP at all...

[ATLien_0]

the rest of your windows (title bar) are transparent right? Could be the fact that your taskbar has been extended upward. ive never seen this happen

[Medking]

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.

[Naitsirk]

*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:

[Medking]

Yes, could well be. Many applications and programs are still not Vista capable remember.

[Naitsirk]

Problem solved! :)

I was using a Winamp toolbar on my taskbar that when enabled, disabled the transperancy.

[Medking]

Great!

[DELTETHISACCOUNT]

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