No transparency for Windows 8 Metro
Friday, November 22, 2013 by yogalD | Discussion: OS Customization
So I recently bought WindowBlinds in the hope that I would be finally able to get transparency back into Windows 8, just like in Vista and 7, but I can't find the option to do so. It's supposed to be in the "color" tab which isn't there:
The other themes have the color tab so I can use transparency but I want to have transparency with the default Metro theme. How do I fix this?
Reply #2 Friday, November 22, 2013 10:14 PM
Yes, hence why I am using WindowBlinds. But Windows 8 has been out for over a year now I thought they would have already brought back transparency in WindowBlinds?
Reply #4 Friday, November 22, 2013 10:27 PM
I see you have chosen the Default Aero by Microsoft in your screenshot. That is why color tab isn't available. Choose another skin.
Applying the MS default skin turns off Windowblinds.
Reply #5 Friday, November 22, 2013 10:28 PM
Windows 8 supports transparency. It does not support blur. 
Reply #6 Friday, November 22, 2013 10:30 PM
Windows 8.1 with transparency, via Windowblinds.
Reply #7 Friday, November 22, 2013 10:47 PM
If that is the case, is there a skin available with transparency that looks exactly like Microsoft's metro? But with transparency?
Reply #8 Friday, November 22, 2013 10:50 PM
If you mean the metro start page, no.
There is a Win8 Metro skin that comes with Windowblinds to which you can add transparency via WB config, as well as a skin called Win8, which does have transparency.
Reply #9 Friday, November 22, 2013 11:53 PM
No not the start page but the overall Windows theme
Basically I mean like this program here: http://glass8.berlios.de/
But without having to deal with buggy software.
Reply #10 Saturday, November 23, 2013 12:58 AM
Reply #11 Saturday, November 23, 2013 3:52 AM
The skin "Win8 Metro" looks nothing like the default Windows 8 skin, and I don't like the look of the taskbar with the Win8 skin.
Reply #12 Saturday, November 23, 2013 4:38 AM
Then you have to search for third party skinners for it. Windowblinds doesn't really patch the .dll that MS provided. It got its own script/engine to implement/paint images,therefore there is no native hack on system which is a very safe and non-intrusive prog compared with other unauthorized crack.
Reply #13 Saturday, November 23, 2013 4:54 AM
Does Windowblinds let you convert msstyles to Windowblinds format? Perhaps do you think I could rip the Microsoft one and add my own transparency to it?
Reply #14 Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:02 AM
1. Not through Windowblinds,but Skinstudio. Skinstudio is a program (also made by Stardock ) that making a Windowblinds skins.
2.Most likely,that is the case.
Reply #15 Saturday, November 23, 2013 6:09 AM
So how do I convert msstyles to Windowblinds? I Can't find the option anywhere in Skinstudio
Reply #16 Saturday, November 23, 2013 9:02 AM
SkinStudio only imports older Windows XP .msstyles, it does not import Windows 7 or 8 .msstyles.
Reply #17 Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:56 AM
I have a small utility for that, but I don't think it works with Windows8. It's called MSImport and I just tried it on the Windows 8 default MSStyle. Doesn't work.
Reply #18 Saturday, November 23, 2013 11:36 AM
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Reply #1 Friday, November 22, 2013 9:29 PM
As I recalled correctly,Win 8 doesn't support transparent,hence Windowblinds. However,the prime programmer is planning to bring that back in the next Windowblinds build.