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Fade.Taskbar 2.0
By Ritwyk
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If you like to keep your desktop clean so you can admire the wallpaper, you probably find the Windows taskbar a bit of an eyesore.
Fade.Taskbar lets you make it more transparent so you can see right through it, yet faintly see the open application tabs. Hovering over the taskbar brings it to full opacity quickly and smoothly!
New in version 2.0:
+ ability to save settings
+ animated transitions
+ revamped interface
+ full opacity control
+ smaller filesize
Updates:
- ESC key unavailable while application running: fixed (20/11/2011)
Requirements:
Windows XP/Vista/7, 256 MB RAM
Fade.Taskbar lets you make it more transparent so you can see right through it, yet faintly see the open application tabs. Hovering over the taskbar brings it to full opacity quickly and smoothly!
New in version 2.0:
+ ability to save settings
+ animated transitions
+ revamped interface
+ full opacity control
+ smaller filesize
Updates:
- ESC key unavailable while application running: fixed (20/11/2011)
Requirements:
Windows XP/Vista/7, 256 MB RAM
Published:
© 2011 - 2021 Ritwyk
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I there! I'm not sure if you still upkeep this, but I recently had issues with Fade Taskbar.
It's been working well since I got my Windows 8 laptop, but just this past week it's been killing itself as a process every time it's started, whether manually or automatically at logon.
The problem is that double clicking the executive has it show up on the tray area, but at this point the process has started and closed. The icon still remains in the tray area, but nothing is faded in the taskbar. Instead- when the mouse is hovered over the icon in the tray area, the icon disappears.
It seems to lag out this way when launched, I have not installed software recently and I have BitDefender as my anti-virus. Though it doesn't show any signs of complications. Do you have any ideas in mind?

no updates to this 2.0 yet?
what about looking into the effect of leaving the taskbar icons alone and just glass the taskbar?
there is this program that does this called Aero for Windows 8, but it has a very annoying nag popup every now and than. maybe you can look into the .dll he uses though and see how he manages to glass the taskbar while still leaving the taskbar icons alone. glass8.berlios.de/
what about looking into the effect of leaving the taskbar icons alone and just glass the taskbar?
there is this program that does this called Aero for Windows 8, but it has a very annoying nag popup every now and than. maybe you can look into the .dll he uses though and see how he manages to glass the taskbar while still leaving the taskbar icons alone. glass8.berlios.de/
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