Restore Aero Glass to Windows 8 or 8.1

If you look closely at the above, you'll see that the window frame and the bottom taskbar are now nearly invisible. That's because I've just installed this program. It restores the glass effects to Windows, like those in Windows 7, and it does it natively, meaning that you can adjust those effects from within your regular Personalization window.

Just go into Personalization, to the Color button along its bottom edge, and when that opens, simply select the desired tint from those shown, and then adjust the slider for more or less transparency/opacity. Less color is to the left, more to the right.

And where did my blog page go while I'm showing the color selections? That's another great little 'freebie' called Winroll. Right-click on the upper edge of the window frame, and it rolls up into that part of the frame, conveniently out of the way. Another right-click and it's back again to full size. You can get that one here.

And this shows what it can do on a crowded desktop. It's very handy - try it.

Like I've said a couple of times before, there are lots of ways you can customize your Windows 8, if you don't mind spending a little time on it, and it can be fun! And in case you're wondering why I'm making it look like Windows 7, that's easy - I really like Windows 7, but I also like features in Windows 8, and so I've got the best of both by doing some tweaking here. In fact, you can end up with something more than either one by carefully selecting the 'freebies' you add into it. So I've now got something that isn't quite Windows 7, and isn't just Windows 8, it's a little more than both of those combined. Let's call it Windows Universal for want of a better name. 

Please note:
When using AeroGlass, shortly after Startup you will see a little window that
shows you a machine code for your machine, and asks if you wish to save it to your Clipboard. To continue using this feature, you must click on 'Yes'. It is also a good idea to save that code as a text file in Notepad, just in case.