Taskbar Transparency
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 by sboroff | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I was curious why can some blinds taskbar go completely transparent while others leave a blurred white part like in the images?
I normally like to use completely transparent taskbars but have found a lot cannot go completely transparent.
Blinds used here are:
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Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.1
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.7
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.1 (build 255 x86 - Vista Edition)
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
Wblind.dll 2010/04/08 14:07:20
Wbsrv.dll 2010/04/01 11:43:30
SevenConfig.exe 2010/02/15 15:09:57
Wbload.exe 2010/02/02 15:33:18
Wbhelp.dll 2008/04/28 09:35:07
Tray.dll 2009/10/21 07:13:19
Wbload.dll 2010/04/01 11:43:28
Screen.exe 2009/12/03 14:43:26
Reply #2 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:24 AM
I have Vista Home Premium, and Aero is running.
dwm.exe is running.
The images were taken within a couple of minutes of each other. The only thing I did was apply the blind.
Reply #3 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:39 AM
The difference between the 2 skins is the setting in skinstudio for that section. On softer I have it set to semi transparency, where Vamp has her skin set to blur.
If you have skinstudio it's easy to fix
Reply #4 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:41 AM
Stupid post....please laugh at me and disregard...
Reply #5 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:42 AM
Also make sure that you haven't checked the force blur effect box in your windowblinds transparency settings
Reply #6 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:42 AM
Well...it seems I'm too late...lol. I was posting along with you, Tim. 
Reply #7 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:58 AM
Ahh thank you both, You are both very helpful as usual. 
Reply #8 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:23 PM
I just want to say thank you to all of you! It solved a similar problem for me too. 
I will get the hang of it all one of these days. 
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Reply #1 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:15 AM
Do you have Vista Home Premium or above?
Do you have Aero enabled?
If the answer to either of the above is no, that would be the problem.
Also, go into task manager and be sure dwm.exe is running.