How to open Win10 frosted glass effect Win10 official version to open Areo Glass special effects method

In the Win10 preview version, you can force the Areo Glass frosted glass effect by modifying the registry. However, in the official version of Win10, the frosted glass special effects cannot be modified by modifying the registry. In fact, since Win8, Microsoft has cancelled the Areo Glass effects feature, and later implementations need to be implemented through some tools. So how does Win10 frosted glass effect work? In fact, the method is similar to that of Win8. With the help of an "Aero Glass" tool, Win10 frosted glass effects can be turned on. The following is a specific tutorial.

First step: First download the Aero Glass frosted glass special effects tool. After downloading and extracting the file, you need to extract the folder to the root directory of the C drive, as shown in the figure below.

Aero Glass Tools Download:

Software Size: 4.8M Support System: Windows 10
Software Language: English:

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Note: If you cannot directly download to the C drive, please download it to the D drive, then extract the file and copy and paste the Aero Glass folder to the root directory of the system C drive.

Step 2. Enter the Aero Glass folder and run install_x64.cmd as an administrator (or install_x86.cmd if it is an x86 version), as shown below.

Step 3: After running the install_x64.cmd command, the Win10 frosted glass effect will come out. At this point, you can see that the taskbar has a transparent effect. Next, you can click Run AeroGUI.exe. Adjust the transparent lighting effect, add the frosted glass shading, etc.

Win10 frosted glass special effect setting interface

Areo Glass special effect transparency setting interface

Win10 frosted glass special effect shading setting illustration

Four steps: If you want to cancel the Win10 frosted glass effect, you can run the delete.cmd command in the Aero Glass directory to uninstall.

Extended reading: How to turn off Aero7 to close Aero effect method

The above is the official version of Win10 to open the Areo Glass special effect method. After opening, the Win10 taskbar can see the same frosted glass transparency effect as Win7. Interested friends, may wish to try.