Windows 10: Windows transparency effects stop working after some display driver update. Help!

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Windows 10 transparency effect stopped working

I have "Transparency effects" ON in Settings > Colors in Windows 10 Enterprise, 1709 on Dell Latitude 5580. The laptop is in a domain with domain GPOs applied.

I have switched on / off high contrast mode (pressed twice left Alt + left Shift + Print Screen)

After that transparency effect stopped working, even after updating graphics driver and restart. Only occasionally the start menu showed with blurred transparency effect but nothing else. It worked no problem before.

Read this discussion & tried SFC /scannow.

Any fix for this behavior?

 

Transparency effect

After a recent update in Windows 10, I am seeing that every time I open my laptop the transparency effect of the task bar turns to a deep blue color. When i check in the settings it shows that the transparency effect is still on. Is this some kind of bug,
please help.

 

Windows transparency bug

Hi xplain21,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Could you please help me with the below questions:

• Did you make any changes to the computer prior to this issue?
  
• Which version of Windows you are using? (To check, type:winver in start menu and hit enter.)
  

Transparency effect is enabled by default on most of the machines. If there are any issues with the drivers or settings, this feature may not work as intended.

I suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps as mentioned below:

Method 1: Update the display driver.

To check the driver, open the device manager and check if the display drivers are up to date. Here is the Microsoft article for
Update drivers in Windows
10
and let us know if this worked for you.

Method 2: Enable transparency from registry.

Note: The registry is a database in Windows that contains important information about system hardware, installed programs and settings, and profiles
of each of the user accounts on the computer. Changing registry files incorrectly can cause Windows to stop working or make Windows report the wrong information. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the
registry before you modify it.

1. Press Windows and
   R key together on your Keyboard.
2. Type regedit and hit enter.
   
3. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize
4. In the right pane, look for a DWORD value EnableTransparency. (If you do not have EnableTransparency value, create a DWORD value by right clicking on the empty area > Click on NEW > select DWORD(32-bit)
   value > type: EnableTransparency.)
5. Double click on EnableTransparency > Type 0 in value data.
   
6. Restart the computer for the changes to be reflected.
   

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking Yes or No.

Roohi Taj S

Microsoft Community - Moderator