Turn On or Off Clear Acrylic Taskbar Transparency in Windows 10
Users can turn on or off transparency for the Start, taskbar, and action center for only their account in Windows 10. When users turn on transparency, it will have a blurred effect by default.
If you like, you can set Windows to have clear transparency for the taskbar instead of blurred when a user turns on transparency for their Start, taskbar, and action center.
Starting with Windows 10 April 2018 update version 1803, the taskbar has a new blur effect know as acrylic. This will make turning on clear transparency no longer have a clear glass like taskbar, but a somewhat blurred transparent taskbar instead now.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off having clear acrylic taskbar transparency for all users in Windows 10.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to turn on or off clear acrylic taskbar transparency.
Contents
- Option One: To Turn On Clear Acrylic Taskbar Transparency
- Option Two: To Turn Off Clear Acrylic Taskbar Transparency
EXAMPLE: Clear Acrylic Taskbar Transparency turned on
The downloadable .reg file below will add and modify the DWORDs in the registry keys below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
UseOLEDTaskbarTransparency DWORD
1 = acrylic taskbar transparency
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm
ForceEffectMode DWORD
1 = acrylic taskbar transparency
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
2 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
3 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
4 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
5 Restart the computer to apply.
6 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
This is the default setting.
The downloadable .reg file below will delete the DWORDs in the registry keys below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
UseOLEDTaskbarTransparency DWORD
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm
ForceEffectMode DWORD
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
2 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
3 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
4 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
5 Restart the computer to apply.
6 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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