Windows 10: Windows 10 blur, transparency and Reveal effect missing or stopped working after an update

After updating the graphics card drivers I found out that all of the above mentioned effects stopped working. DISM says everything is okay, so does sfc /scannow. But still, none of the effects mentioned above work and I've been going crazy over trying to fix it

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Disable blur effect - not transparency

I have been trying the registry hack for this and it works until restart. I prefer the transparency without the blur. Here's a screen of the start without blur. Anyone had any luck getting the no blur effect to stick? Even with restart?

 

Fluent design / transparency blur effects not working properly

After I applied and disabled the 'ASUS' theme in Settings > Personalization > Themes, the transparency blur effects stopped working properly. The taskbar is semi-transparent with no blur effect (I can drag a window bellow the taskbar and see the window),
and the start menu and apps don't have a transparency effect at all. I have tried disabling and reenabling the transparency option in Settings > Colors, Tried going in the registry and playing around with the transparency and blur values (Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize),
and I didn't make a restore point before this happened.

Device details:

ASUS TUF FX505D

Windows version 1903

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Thanks.

 

Disable blur effect - not transparency


Is there a way in Windows 10 to disable the blur effect but keep the transparency. (I know there was one in the early builds of Windows 10 when Microsoft was testing the blur effect. )