How do i get windows aero on windows 11?


hey, anyone know of a chrome (edge, brave, etc) theme that allowed glass on the old glass8 on windows 10? looking for one but none that i've tried allow transparency.... good ol' IE is back to glass but thats useless haha.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro
Not completely useless. By faking the User Agent you can bypass the browser check and load some sites, such as YouTube, Netflix and others. The one I could not trick was Disney plus.
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (build 22631.4249) test laptop, Windows 11 Pro v24H2 (build 26100.3476) main PC
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Extensa 5630EZ
    CPU
    Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Extensa 5630
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB SATA Device (250 GB, SATA-III)
    Internet Speed
    VDSL 50 Mbps
    Browser
    MICROSOFT EDGE
    Antivirus
    WINDOWS DEFENDER
    Other Info
    Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, no SSE4.2, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro v24H2 (build 26100.3476)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom-built PC
    CPU
    Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation)
    Motherboard
    Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX
    Memory
    2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward NE5105T018G1-1070F (nVidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD audio (ALC887)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 32-bit 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second
    PSU
    Thermaltake Litepower RGB 550W Full Wired
    Case
    SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER
    Cooling
    Deepcool Gamma Archer CPU cooler, 1x 8cm fan at the back
    Mouse
    Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2
    Keyboard
    Mitsumi 101-key PS/2
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4
just an update for anyone looking for this on 24H2, it has been fully updated by the repository owner to work as of November 2024. tested on my 24H2 test rig and works perfectly.
 
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dacrone said:
sure! took me a bit to figure it all out too. so i've taken the notes on the github page and recompiled them in a spreadsheet (screenshot below) for ease of understanding. NOTE *when you need to create a key in HKLM or HKCU, you can just go to one destination, then right click on the DWM key in the left pane and click "go to hkey_current_user" or the other way around for quick access to each hive. if you want it 'as glass looking' as i have gotten it over a day span (see my below screenshot), here are all my reg settings:
View attachment 106819

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^also some dwm string values that are default.. i just cropped those out of the image (leave them alone)

View attachment 106814
View attachment 106817

and set your windows accent color (because of the dumb borders they use, it leaves a bit of a trace of your accent, so i made it blend best as possible):
View attachment 106820

Pair OpenGlass with SAB Win7 taskbar and Nilesoft Shell Context Menu and you have a full aeroglass pack that takes up little to no resources ;-)

*After all changes, Reboot

EDIT - Also, i used winaero tweaker to change the titlebar font size to Segoe UI, Semibold and the titlebar height to 25 (you can do that without winaero via reg if you want)
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Hey! Can you do a reg file to add those settings, because writing them by myself is a quite complicated or put them written, so they can be copy pasted?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Ressu said:
Hey! Can you do a reg file to add those settings, because writing them by myself is a quite complicated or put them written, so they can be copy pasted?
Click to expand...
Don't touch the Registry if unsure. Use Winaero Tweaker.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (build 22631.4249) test laptop, Windows 11 Pro v24H2 (build 26100.3476) main PC
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Extensa 5630EZ
    CPU
    Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Extensa 5630
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB SATA Device (250 GB, SATA-III)
    Internet Speed
    VDSL 50 Mbps
    Browser
    MICROSOFT EDGE
    Antivirus
    WINDOWS DEFENDER
    Other Info
    Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, no SSE4.2, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro v24H2 (build 26100.3476)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom-built PC
    CPU
    Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation)
    Motherboard
    Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX
    Memory
    2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward NE5105T018G1-1070F (nVidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD audio (ALC887)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 32-bit 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second
    PSU
    Thermaltake Litepower RGB 550W Full Wired
    Case
    SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER
    Cooling
    Deepcool Gamma Archer CPU cooler, 1x 8cm fan at the back
    Mouse
    Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2
    Keyboard
    Mitsumi 101-key PS/2
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4
spapakons said:
Don't touch the Registry if unsure. Use Winaero Tweaker.
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I did mean the OpenGlass ones to get Windows 7 Aero like interface. When I installed OpenGlass it's like default Mica Acrylic, not Aero with reflections, glass effects etc. I tried installing it twice, but none of the settings described in OpenGlass Github site or in the screenshots earlier in this topic appears in registry. I use Win 11 24H2. I guess there's something wrong with OpenGlass, since I guess, that they should be there already after installing OpenGlass?
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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