Windows 7 Aero Glass Theme for Windows 10!

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  1. arifkarim

    arifkarim MDL Member

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  2. thorin0815

    thorin0815 MDL Senior Member

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    Would love a XP ZUNE theme for 10. :)
     
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  3. michaelmyers

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    Microsoft never once said anything about the Aero theme making a full return to any preview or final builds of Windows 10. They said they would look into it and maybe offer a little something. That little something was the blur they later added.
     
  4. T-S

    T-S MDL Guru

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    What this has to do with the topic?
     
  5. Tiger-1

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  7. stashek

    stashek MDL Novice

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    guys put me some link for aero glass-im still not able to find a good one which works properly on my laptop! Thanks in advance!
     
  8. MEDFAX

    MEDFAX MDL Novice

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    windows 10 defaut theme looks better
     
  9. pf100

    pf100 Duct Tape Coder

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    The default theme is so bright white it's like staring at the sun. A flat, rectangular sun. They didn't allow colors by default only because it wouldn't match the blinding white metro apps.
     
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  11. XxBrazilianoxX

    XxBrazilianoxX MDL Member

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    I believe a 3rd party program edits the registry to make the taskbar transparent, isn't so?
     
  12. dhjohns

    dhjohns MDL Guru

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    I use SetWindowCompositionAttribute.exe
     
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  13. Arnie25

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    I just cant get this aero glass working. I installed the UXStyle, loaded aero vista, and this is what I get. Is there something I'm missing here (well obviously there is but damned if I can find it)?
     

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    #15 dhjohns, Aug 14, 2015
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  15. Arnie25

    Arnie25 MDL Junior Member

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    If you look at the tiltle bar where it says 'Personalise', it's not transparent, more like drawn on glass.

    I saw in one of your posts that you use Aero glass for 8.1. Is that what I need? I have tried to install it but I got weird effects. I even tried the beta for Win10 but that didn't work at all for me. So I guess I need to try and install Aero Glass again, right?
     
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    #17 dhjohns, Aug 14, 2015
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  17. s1ave77

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    #18 s1ave77, Aug 14, 2015
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    Maybe i can offer some conveniance here, it's my installer from the times before my legit version :cool2:.

    Save with a name you like and create a subfolder 'files' with all AeroGlass files. Run the script an install AG or remove :cool2:.

    Tested on my Win 10 Pro with success.

    Code:
        @echo off
    :: Code by s1ave77
        title AERO GLASS INSTALLER by s1ave77
        mode con cols=75 lines=30
        cls
        cd /d "%~dp0"
        setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
    
    ::BatchGotAdmin
        openfiles >nul 2>&1
        if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 goto :UACPrompt
        goto :gotAdmin
    :UACPrompt
        echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
        echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~fs0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
        "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
        del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
        exit /b
    :gotAdmin
    
        pushd "%~dp0"
        FOR /F "tokens=3* delims= " %%I IN ('reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" ^| findstr ProductName') DO SET ver=%%I %%J
        for /f "tokens=2* delims= " %%a in ('reg query "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"') do if "%%b"=="AMD64" (set vera=x64) else (set vera=x86)
    
    
        
    ::MAINMENU
    :Menu1
        cls
        pushd "%~dp0"
        echo:
        echo ===========================================================================
        echo:
        echo                          Aero Glass by bigMuscle
        echo:
        echo ===========================================================================
        echo:
        echo                   Hello %username% at: %computername% 
        echo:
        echo                   OS-Version: %ver% 
        echo:
        echo                   OS-Architecture: %vera%
        echo:
        echo ===========================================================================
        echo:
        echo:
        echo       (1) ENABLE AERO GLASS                   (2) DISABLE AERO GLASS 
        echo:
        echo                                               (E) EXIT
        echo:
        echo:
        echo:
        echo:
    
    :choice1
        CHOICE /C 12E /N /M "YOUR CHOICE :"
    
        if %errorlevel%==1 goto :EnableGlass
        if %errorlevel%==2 goto :DisableGlass
        if %errorlevel%==3 goto :Exit
         
        goto :Menu1
        
    
    ::ENABLE GLASS    
    :EnableGlass
        cls
        md "%systemdrive%\DWM" >nul 2>&1
        xcopy "files\*.*" "%systemdrive%\DWM\" /s /q /y >nul
        set vbs=%tmp%\vox.vbs
        pushd "%~dp0"
        echo:
        echo ===========================================================================
        echo:
        echo                       Enable Aero Glass by bigMuscle
        echo:
        echo ===========================================================================
        echo:
        CHOICE /C YN /N /M "INSTALL AERO GLASS ? [Y]es or [N]o :"
        if %errorlevel%==1 goto :nextEG
        if %errorlevel%==2 goto :Menu1
    :nextEG
        echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > "%tmp%\enable.reg" 
        echo echo: >> "%tmp%\~enable.reg" 
        echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows] >> "%tmp%\enable.reg" 
        echo "LoadAppInit_DLLs"=dword:00000001 >> "%tmp%\enable.reg" 
        echo "AppInit_DLLs"="%systemdrive%\\DWM\\DWMGlass.dll" >> "%tmp%\enable.reg" 
        echo "RequireSignedAppInit_DLLs"=dword:00000000 >> "%tmp%\enable.reg" 
        regedit /s "%tmp%\enable.reg"
        if exist "%tmp%\enable.reg" del "%tmp%\enable.reg" /s /q >nul
        echo:
        CHOICE /C YN /N /M "Restart DWM now ? [Y]es or [N]o :"
        if %errorlevel%==1 goto :nextEG1
        if %errorlevel%==2 goto :Menu1
    :nextEG1
        call :speak "Restarting Desktop Window Manager, to enable Aero Glass!"
        echo:
    :nextEG1a
        taskkill /f /IM dwm.exe
        goto :Menu1
    :speak
        echo On Error Resume Next: CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak %1 >"%tmp%\vox.vbs"
        "%vbs%" & del "%tmp%\vox.vbs">nul 2>&1
        goto :nextEG1a
    
    
    ::DISABLE GLASS    
    :DisableGlass
        cls
        set vbs=%tmp%\vox.vbs
        pushd "%~dp0"
        echo ===========================================================================
        echo:
        echo                      Disable Aero Glass by bigMuscle
        echo:
        echo ===========================================================================
        echo:
        CHOICE /C YN /N /M "UNINSTALL AERO GLASS ? [Y]es or [N]o :"
        if %errorlevel%==1 goto :nextEG2b
        if %errorlevel%==2 goto :Menu1
    :nextEG2b
        reg delete "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\windows" /v "AppInit_DLLs" /f>nul 2>&1
        reg delete "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\windows" /v "LoadAppInit_DLLs" /f>nul 2>&1
        reg delete "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\windows" /v "RequireSignedAppInit_DLLs" /f>nul 2>&1
        echo:
        CHOICE /C YN /N /M "Restart DWM now ? [Y]es or [N]o :"
        if %errorlevel%==1 goto :nextEG2
        if %errorlevel%==2 goto :Menu1
    :nextEG2
        call :speak1 "Restarting Desktop Window Manager, to disable Aero Glass!"
        echo:
    :nextEG2a
        echo:
        taskkill /f /IM dwm.exe
        echo:
        CHOICE /C YN /N /M "LogOff now to delete Files ? [Y]es or [N]o :"
        if %errorlevel%==1 goto :LogOff
        if %errorlevel%==2 goto :Menu1
        goto :Menu1
    :speak1
        echo On Error Resume Next: CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak %1 >"%tmp%\vox.vbs"
        "%vbs%" & del "%tmp%\vox.vbs">nul 2>&1
        goto :nextEG2a
    
    :LogOff
        Reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx" /v Title /t REG_SZ /d LogOnTask /f
        Reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx" /v Flags /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
        Reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\0001" /v MyScript /t REG_SZ /d "%temp%\logontask.cmd" /f
        echo @echo off > "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        echo setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        echo takeown /f %%systemroot%%\System32\DWMGlass.dll >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        echo icacls %%systemroot%%\System32\DWMGlass.dll /grant administrators:F >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        echo takeown /f %%systemroot%%\System32\dbghelp.dll >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        echo icacls %%systemroot%%\System32\dbghelp.dll /grant administrators:F >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd"
        echo if exist "%%systemdrive%%\DWM\" rd "%%systemdrive%%\DWM\" /s /q ^>nul >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        echo if exist "%%temp%%\logontask.cmd" del "%%temp%%\logontask.cmd" /s /q ^>nul >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        echo ENDLOCAL >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        echo exit >> "%temp%\logontask.cmd" 
        %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe /l
    
        
    :Exit
    ENDLOCAL
    exit
    
    
     
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  18. dhjohns

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