Windows 10: Make Windows 11 look like Vista with Aero Glass UI

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In this post, we will show you how to make Windows 11 look like Vista with Aero Glass UI. In the history of Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista was a successor to Windows XP, introduced in 2007. While the OS was criticized for performance related issues, compatibility issues, etc., it does bring some exciting features including […]

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Aero Glass

Windows 10 previews already brought back the aero ability. But you won't see it in many places, because the edges of windows where the clear glass would show are gone (there's no borders anymore, so there's nothing to even look like the glass in the first
place).

 

Microsoft needs to bring back Aero Glass. Who agrees/disagrees and why?

Microsoft needs to stop restricting people from fully customizing Windows. A first step toward this would be to bring back Aero Glass. Some people don't like the new flat UI and want the look of Windows 7 with the security of Windows 10. Yes, there are programs to bring back this functionality, but they're either broken with every new Windows annual update (pretty much every Aero Glass restoration project, notably Glass8), or are paid (like WindowBlinds). We shouldn't have to use programs and hacks just to get Windows to look the way we want. Microsoft should add in more theming support to Windows, and a great first step toward this movement would be to add Aero Glass (or at least Aero-like transparency) as an option for users to use instead of the flat, boring default theme. Glass8 had a choice between Windows 7-like Aero or an acrylic blur which fits in more with Windows 10. Microsoft should do something similar (or at least add in an acrylic, Aero-like blur) with Aero. Heck, someone created an entire unofficial version of Windows 10 that shows off what Aero could look like if Microsoft added it back to Windows 10!

If anyone else agrees (or disagrees), sound off in the comments. Have a nice day!

Here's a video (not made by me) showing off the unofficial Windows 10 version I mentioned earlier:

 

Very little Aero Glass?


While it seems that while Aero Glass is back as promised, it hardly appears anywhere compared to Vista/7. None of the "Modern UI" style apps in Windows 10 have any hint of it, which I kind of expected, but it's also been taken out of title bars and window borders for traditional programs, which have retained their fugly 8.x-era look. In fact, the only places where I readily noticed it were the taskbar and start menu.

Is there a way to enable Aero Glass in more places? Or is Microsoft simply delivering short on what they promised again?