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Old 06-24-2008   #1 (permalink)
Nial


 
 

Taskbar Transparent - Vista

Sorry for being dumb, but I'm a novice at Vista (dual-boot it now and
Quote:

> then). How do you make the taskbar in Vista transparent? I've been
> wanting to do this for ages and would love to know how. Simple
> instructions, please. I'm absolutely all thumbs :-)
>
> TIA.
> Russel

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Old 06-24-2008   #2 (permalink)
dgmacmi


 
 

Re: Taskbar Transparent - Vista

"Nial" <rusty.nial@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eYPokDg1IHA.4220@xxxxxx
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> Sorry for being dumb, but I'm a novice at Vista (dual-boot it now and
Quote:

> > then). How do you make the taskbar in Vista transparent? I've been
> > wanting to do this for ages and would love to know how. Simple
> > instructions, please. I'm absolutely all thumbs :-)
> >
> > TIA.
> > Russel

Try: Right click on empty area of your desktop. Select Personalize. Then
select Windows Color and Appearance. Check the box to enable transparency.

Don

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Old 06-24-2008   #3 (permalink)
Spirit


 
 

Re: Taskbar Transparent - Vista

http://zb24.wordpress.com/2007/09/30...-transparency/

iTunes and other programs taskbar utilities shut off the transparency.
FireFox, Opera, Winamp and others when enabled do the same.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop...-TaskBar.shtml

http://www.codegazer.com/vistaglazz/downloads/
Get beta 1.1

A trick :
http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/inde...showtopic=6090


"Nial" <rusty.nial@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eYPokDg1IHA.4220@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Sorry for being dumb, but I'm a novice at Vista (dual-boot it now and
Quote:

> > then). How do you make the taskbar in Vista transparent? I've been
> > wanting to do this for ages and would love to know how. Simple
> > instructions, please. I'm absolutely all thumbs :-)
> >
> > TIA.
> > Russel
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 06-24-2008   #4 (permalink)


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Re: Taskbar Transparent - Vista

Right click your desktop, select Personalize. Go to Windows Color and Appearance and check the Enable Transparency box. Also, to get your taskbar transparent, you can't have any applications having the main focus.
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