"TransTaskbar" is a portable, small and free application which can make Windows Taskbar and Startmenu transparent. It might become useful if you are using Windows XP and want to get some transparency for eye candy effects or if you are using Windows Vista or 7 but can't enjoy Aero interface because your Graphics card is not capable to run it.
It can be used in Windows XP, Vista and 7 and works very well without any problem.
The utility has been created by our friend "Solo-Dev" @ DA. You can download it using following link:
Extract the downloaded ZIP file and you'll get 2 files in it: TTB.exe and TTB-UI.exe
You'll need "TTB-UI.exe" file mostly. Run it and drag the slider to your desired value and click on "Apply" button. It'll immediately make the Taskbar and Startmenu transparent.
TTB-UI.exe is a GUI application and it doesn't allow to set the transparency below 25 and here comes the turn of TTB.exe which a command-line version of this application.
You can open a Command Prompt window and use TTB.exe in following format:
TTB transparency_value
For example, if you want to set transparency to 10, use following command:
TTB 10
Its a good utility for eye candy lovers.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Software, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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DarkPotato
Wow... thanks VG. It works perfectly. Now all I need is a program to make the window borders transparent. TrueTransparency is good but a little buggy...
Thanks for the post...
-DarkPotato
atul
I have a problem when i turn off the transparency and click on the start button everyhting is black until i hover over somthing is there some manual way to fix this?
Pet
Added with the other Glass Blur pack its gonna look sweet..
Thanks!..
Michael Higham
How do I exit TTB to return back to non-transparent Taskbar and Start Menu and what is the default value to set it back to default?
Nikolaj
@Michael Higham
I think the default value is 0 (but i am not sure).
@VG
Nice featured themes thing on the front page :)
David
@Michael Higham
Set the value to 255.
black
how can i setting it back to default because if i set the value to 255 everything went black and i cant change the wallpaper
CrazyGuy
@Michael Higham
There is no way to return back to the nontransparent one except by closing and restarting explorer.exe. You CAN set the value to 255 but it will still be a little buggy so crashing explorer is the best way to return to normal.
chris
How can i revert it to my old ORB? it messed up my START button by putting a "Start" on top of my orb. it's terrible!
KP
i did the degfault value 2 225 and if i do 0 it will completly be transprant so and how do i get the start text out of my start button. plz help me.