Enable Transparency in Windows 8 Without any Bug or Glitch

Before starting the tutorial, lets make a few things clear:

• After following the method given in this tutorial, you'll get transparency in window borders similar to Windows Vista and Windows 7 but there will be no blur or reflection effects.
• It'll require a small utility running in background so that you can get stable transparency in Windows 8 without glitches.

Now if you want to get transparency in Windows 8, here are the required steps:

1. First we'll need to enable the hidden, unstable and buggy transparency in Windows 8. You can follow the method given in the above mentioned link or you can take care of a freeware "Aero8Tuner" created by our friend hb860.

First download the tool using following link:

Download Aero8Tuner

2. After downloading the software, run it and enable "Force High Contrast Mode (you will get the unusable transparency)" option. At last save the changes.

 

Now you'll get a broken transparency in Windows 8 which will be full of bugs. As soon as you move a window, it'll ruin the transparency effect.

3. Now its turn of making this unstable transparency stable. We'll take help of another freeware "bLend" created by our friend Lord Devrexster. Initially the software was created for Windows XP to provide transparency effect similar to Windows Vista and Windows 7 but surprisingly, it still works in Windows 8.

Download it using following link:

Download bLend

4. After downloading, run the software and select "Set all windows to be transparent" option. Move the transparency level slider to the end i.e. 254. Enable the checkbox "Start at system booting" and click on "Apply/Resume" button.

 That's it. It'll immediately make the unstable transparency stable and permanent in Windows 8 as shown in following screenshot:

You can see in the above image the transparency is perfect without any glitch.