Aero Glass for Windows 8 - BETA 1

[whs]

Nice project but the lack of Aero in Windows 8 would be the last of my complaints about the new UI.

 

[Hopachi]

Please try to stay on topic. If you are going to talk about something else other than what the thread is originally about If you want to talk about something other than what the thread you are in is about. please start a new thread.
Thank you.

And what is the topic?

Thank you.

Not in version 0.7, it's just a procedure hook.

That's right. I see they removed the injector.
I've posted the new screenshots in previous post.

Thanks.

 

[chiumiento]

Please try to stay on topic. If you are going to talk about something else other than what the thread is originally about If you want to talk about something other than what the thread you are in is about. please start a new thread.
Thank you.

And what is the topic?

Thank you.

Not in version 0.7, it's just a procedure hook.

That's right. I see they removed the injector.
I've posted the new screenshots in previous post.

Thanks.

The topic is about how to get Aero glass on Windows 8. If you have any questions about it feel free t ask them. Otherwise please try to stay on topic.

Thank you.

 

[Hopachi]

The topic is about how to get Aero glass on Windows 8. If you have any questions about it feel free t ask them. Otherwise please try to stay on topic.

Thank you.

That wasn't mentioned anywhere in the OP and the title says Aero Glass for Windows 8 - BETA 1 so I was posting some screenshots and tests to show how it looks like. Talking about help, I've added the registry screenshots in case you want to uninstall the tweak.

I don't understand why you target me for this since vrosa mentioned how to install and use the tweak.
I've figured that out myself since I've seen the registry file pointed to a non valid drive folder.

I'm looking forward to the next releases because the tweak looks promising for all those who need transparency back.

Cheers
Hopachi

 

[chiumiento]

The topic is about how to get Aero glass on Windows 8. If you have any questions about it feel free t ask them. Otherwise please try to stay on topic.

Thank you.

That wasn't mentioned anywhere in the OP and the title says Aero Glass for Windows 8 - BETA 1 so I was posting some screenshots and tests to show how it looks like. Talking about help, I've added the registry screenshots in case you want to uninstall the tweak.

I don't understand why you target me for this since vrosa mentioned how to install and use the tweak.
I've figured that out myself since I've seen the registry file pointed to a non valid drive folder.

I'm looking forward to the next releases because the tweak looks promising for all those who need transparency back.

Cheers
Hopachi

I was not trying to single out anyone. I just thought some of you were getting off topic.

 

[Lee]

Thanks for the app. Works great. . .

 

[Hopachi]

I was not trying to single out anyone. I just thought some of you were getting off topic.

Alright. Take care.
Have fun using the tweak.

So far v0.7 works well even in a VM.

 

[Lee]

Sorry, but had to remove this app. The reason is every hour on the hour a warning screen would appear, and say something like this; "Big Muscle Cannot Quality This Program As Stable," or something to that effect. Other then that little problem it worked just fine.

 

[Hopachi]

Sorry, but had to remove this app. The reason is every hour on the hour a warning screen would appear, and say something like this; "Big Muscle Cannot Quality This Program As Stable," or something to that effect. Other then that little problem it worked just fine.

Thanks for mentioning this.
I'm still keeping it in a VM as usual, didn't dare to put it on my host install.

 

[vrosa]

I'm still keeping it in a VM as usual, didn't dare to put it on my host install.

Don't be afraid. It's pretty stable.

~edit~

Beta 2 (v0.8) was released last week: https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13124

 

[vrosa]

BlueAeroGlass 0.1 Beta



Complaints:
1) The title text in some windows has an ugly background
2) It's totally transparent, with no blur effect.

 

[Hopachi]

I'm still keeping it in a VM as usual, didn't dare to put it on my host install.

Don't be afraid. It's pretty stable.

~edit~

Beta 2 (v0.8) was released last week: https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13124

I'm running DWMHook64 v0.8 for some hours and it seems that the popup window has gone !

Thanks for mentioning. I'll take a look.

 

[Ednan]

Official download link for AERO Glass for Windows 8 BETA 2 is broken.
Aero Glass for Win8 v0.8 aka BETA 2 - MSFN Forum - Page 6
Could anyone reupload it?

 

[Hopachi]

Official download link for AERO Glass for Windows 8 BETA 2 is broken.
Aero Glass for Win8 v0.8 aka BETA 2 - MSFN Forum - Page 6
Could anyone reupload it?

That says v0.8 so it's the same as the one released on vrosa's link above. Get it from there.
https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13124

 

[daveo76]

Sorry, but had to remove this app. The reason is every hour on the hour a warning screen would appear, and say something like this; "Big Muscle Cannot Quality This Program As Stable," or something to that effect. Other then that little problem it worked just fine.

It is annoying there no need to program that in for a popup. It even happens on v0.8

 

[XweAponX]

This app allows you to manipulate Windows 8 Aero Glass implementation. Very good !

Aero Glass Tweaker 1.2: View attachment 19467


View attachment 19470

Note: Setting Feature Level to DX11.1 crashes explorer.exe and gives black screen. All other settings are safe !

HEY BAD COKE ROBOT!

I didn't read your little addendum there on the bottom about DX 11 and guess what I did... HAHAHAH! I was lucky, I had a restore point from last night and it worked. It also proved a theory I had about why my system restore does not work on my other system, because the system spans 2 drives on that one, but not on this one.

When I tried the automatic modes, it was giving me some serious errors and and got stuck in a DWHook debug loop that "abort" was not stopping- I WAS able to shut off the "Aero Glass" and recover, but I was stooopid and tried that DX 11 setting. It did just what you said!

So, which one of these tweeks has worked the best?

(Edit - Oops, it wasn't Coke who posted that but vrosa, my bad)

 

[Enigma]

This is very nice, but at first I wasnt convinced that it was working. I didnt notice a bit more transparency/tranlucency (not sure which is the right term, but I do know the difference. I still want the 100% pure Windows 7 look that Aero Glass had in that OS. Besides applying this fix is there anything else I should do/can try? As it stands now I'm still waiting on the new WindowBlinds 8 to be released for Windows 8, hopefully it will give the 7 look while allowing for skinning, custom themes, etc. I dont mind paying if that's what it takes to get the eye candy back, my machine can handle it. Or maybe M$ will reintroduce it when Windows Blue is released.

 

[Apu889]

does this increase windows DWM's RAM/CPU usage? or maybe possibly memory leaks?

 

[Hopachi]

does this increase windows DWM's RAM/CPU usage? or maybe possibly memory leaks?

It's possible.
Newer versions will stabilize but the earlier ones mentioned something about memory leaks. See the changelog of each version if you're interested.

 

[Lee]

Am testing the latest version, and at the present time everything is working just great. Also like the fact it is no longer pure glass, but allows burr.

Thus far (after three hours) the notice I posted about a little while back is not happening. . .knock on wood. . .