How to get Aero Glass effect back in Windows 8
Posted: 2013-07-06 00:17
I'm sure you all have read the "Windows 8 - Removed Aero Glass effect to extend battery life" topic. We all know that the fools at Microsoft removed Aero Glass from Windows 8, the reason can be discussed in that topic but here is how you get it back! 
It will only cost you $10. Some people say why pay for it? That is for another discussion but frankly, if you cannot afford $10 then there are other issues you should deal with in your life than getting Aero Glass back.
For the record, I am in no way affiliated with Stardock.
To get the Aero Glass effect back in Windows 8, all you have to do is to simply buy WindowBlinds from Stardock. It has two default themes which enables Aero Glass for you, one with rounded corners and one with sharp window corners. The application works pretty well, it has some bugs here or there but it helped me be able to stay in Windows 8 and not go back to Windows 7. *lol*
I JUST COULD NOT STAND ANOTHER DAY WITH THAT UGLY PIECE OF SHIT CALLED THE NEW WINDOWS 8 GUI.
Here is what I looked at 19 hours a day before I installed WindowBlinds:
Wonderful world of Windows 8 theme, captions.
Wonderful world of Windows 8 basic theme, active windows.
From that, with help of WindowBlinds, I went to this:
Finally I can actually look at the monitor without wanting to hang myself with an extension cord!
Of course, there are all sorts of options you can choose to alter the effects, from colors to transparency etc. I also got "SkinStudio" for free which I have not used yet but with that you can alter everything.
Also noteworthy is that you can add a texture which mixes with the glass effect. Now, I couldn't be arsed to fiddle with that one but with the right texture, you could get 99% Aero Glass effect of Windows 7 back.
Oh and by the way, THE AERO GLASS EFFECT WORKS EVEN INSIDE A HYPER-V VIRTUAL MACHINE!!! All of these screenshots are taken from a virtual machine running under Hyper-V. No more "buy super duper ultimate edition to get aero glass via RDP". With WindowBlinds, you get the glass effect inside a virtual machine even when you connect to it by Remote Desktop!
In closing, a note to Microsoft: YOU CAN FUCK OFF!
It will only cost you $10. Some people say why pay for it? That is for another discussion but frankly, if you cannot afford $10 then there are other issues you should deal with in your life than getting Aero Glass back.
For the record, I am in no way affiliated with Stardock.
To get the Aero Glass effect back in Windows 8, all you have to do is to simply buy WindowBlinds from Stardock. It has two default themes which enables Aero Glass for you, one with rounded corners and one with sharp window corners. The application works pretty well, it has some bugs here or there but it helped me be able to stay in Windows 8 and not go back to Windows 7. *lol*
I JUST COULD NOT STAND ANOTHER DAY WITH THAT UGLY PIECE OF SHIT CALLED THE NEW WINDOWS 8 GUI.
Here is what I looked at 19 hours a day before I installed WindowBlinds:
Wonderful world of Windows 8 theme, captions.
Wonderful world of Windows 8 basic theme, active windows.
- idiots.png (73.46 KiB) Viewed 16851 times
From that, with help of WindowBlinds, I went to this:
- aeroglasseffect.png (149.54 KiB) Viewed 16851 times
Finally I can actually look at the monitor without wanting to hang myself with an extension cord!
Of course, there are all sorts of options you can choose to alter the effects, from colors to transparency etc. I also got "SkinStudio" for free which I have not used yet but with that you can alter everything.
- windowblinds01.png (261.27 KiB) Viewed 16851 times
- windowblinds02.png (211.97 KiB) Viewed 16851 times
Also noteworthy is that you can add a texture which mixes with the glass effect. Now, I couldn't be arsed to fiddle with that one but with the right texture, you could get 99% Aero Glass effect of Windows 7 back.
- windowblinds03.png (402.86 KiB) Viewed 16851 times
Oh and by the way, THE AERO GLASS EFFECT WORKS EVEN INSIDE A HYPER-V VIRTUAL MACHINE!!! All of these screenshots are taken from a virtual machine running under Hyper-V. No more "buy super duper ultimate edition to get aero glass via RDP". With WindowBlinds, you get the glass effect inside a virtual machine even when you connect to it by Remote Desktop! In closing, a note to Microsoft: YOU CAN FUCK OFF!
