Does Black Glass Enhanced work well with Win 11 default dark theme?

[Jose Hidalgo]

Hi everybody,

I'm a big fan of BGE ( https://www.deviantart.com/curiouso9...v0-5-156752713 ), it gives me the perfect amount of transparency/blurriness with Win 7.
I'm currently building a new Win 11 rig, and I hope BGE can still work well with Win 11. I haven't tried yet. Any hints on this?
I don't have any custom theme yet, only Win 11's default dark theme.

If for any reason BGE doesn't work well with Win 11, what alternatives would you advise for the same result?

Thanks in advance for your reply

[ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡]

Hi everybody,

I'm a big fan of BGE ( https://www.deviantart.com/curiouso9...v0-5-156752713 ), it gives me the perfect amount of transparency/blurriness with Win 7.
I'm currently building a new Win 11 rig, and I hope BGE can still work well with Win 11. I haven't tried yet. Any hints on this?
I don't have any custom theme yet, only Win 11's default dark theme.

If for any reason BGE doesn't work well with Win 11, what alternatives would you advise for the same result?

Thanks in advance for your reply

https://virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/84948-System-Transparency-by-Prisoner7-for-Windows-7-w8-8-1-w10-w10-19h1

[Jose Hidalgo]

Thank you ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡. I should have stated that I have already tried System Transparency on Win 11.
System Transparency works great, but I was still hoping to be able to use BGE instead.
Hence this topic: doesn't BGE work at all on Win 11? That's what I'd like to know.

[ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡]

Thank you ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡. I should have stated that I have already tried System Transparency on Win 11.
System Transparency works great, but I was still hoping to be able to use BGE instead.
Hence this topic: doesn't BGE work at all on Win 11? That's what I'd like to know.

Full Glass.exe same as Black Glass Enhanced v0.5 is no longer supported
because the latest versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11 are really unique
windows 11 uses a completely different explorer.exe file explorer
we made a lot of changes so that it was possible to use old Windows 7 or 10 themes on the Windows 11 system only with the Basic themer 2 application
the easiest way is to use system transparency, because it works completely and easily on all versions, even on Windows 12, which I am currently testing

[Jose Hidalgo]

Thanks again ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡. OK, System Transparency works well, but unfortunately it doesn't look nearly as good as BGE. Look at these two pictures :

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First one is BGE on my current Win 7 rig. Second one is System Transparency on my new Win 11 rig.

There are several issues :

1. System Transparency only alters transparency.
=> BGE also adds a nice blurriness effect.

2. System Transparency alters the whole window (including the top part and the bottom part), which makes it hard to see when there are several windows on top of each other.
=> BGE doesn't alter the top part and the bottom part of the window. Those two parts remain opaque.

Issue 2 is why I had to reduce transparency level (224 in System Transparency) which is why my second window appears darker. If I reached the same transparency as the first one, my system would become unusable.

I'm surprised that in 2024 nobody has come yet with a better solution, and we have to rely on old apps.
Isn't there any other way to reach the visual result that I desire ?

[ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡]

Thanks again ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡. OK, System Transparency works well, but unfortunately it doesn't look nearly as good as BGE. Look at these two pictures :

Capture d

First one is BGE on my current Win 7 rig. Second one is System Transparency on my new Win 11 rig.

There are several issues :

1. System Transparency only alters transparency.
=> BGE also adds a nice blurriness effect.

2. System Transparency alters the whole window (including the top part and the bottom part), which makes it hard to see when there are several windows on top of each other.
=> BGE doesn't alter the top part and the bottom part of the window. Those two parts remain opaque.

Issue 2 is why I had to reduce transparency level (224 in System Transparency) which is why my second window appears darker. If I reached the same transparency as the first one, my system would become unusable.

I'm surprised that in 2024 nobody has come yet with a better solution, and we have to rely on old apps.
Isn't there any other way to reach the visual result that I desire ?

they are two different Windows system themes and it is very difficult to explain
this is because each individual theme can still be modified using the windows style builder
any part of windows explorer can be blurred or dark or completely transparent or have any color like any other part or font
everything can be simply modified and used according to your own ideas
today it is possible to change or hide any part of the Windows window
navigation bar or sidebar or forward and back arrows can be completely invisible as well as window search
therefore, the system transparency application does not work in one click
your windows theme is also different because the new themes are modified specifically for applications (shell) OldNewExplorer and StartIsBack/StartAllback
for better understand here some of my screenshots
one theme with different windows style builder settings