Alt+Tab is a long cherished shortcut in the Windows family ever since one can remember; there is however a complaint with people who prefer having pure backgrounds. Find out how to make your Alt+Tab multi-tasking interface’s background transparent with this simple guide!
If you are a frequent user of the Alt + Tab on Windows 10, you may or not have noticed the black border within which your currently open Windows are stored. If you switch between tasks using the Windows Key and Tab, you will see no such border.
While this shouldn’t constitute itself to be a nuisance since it isn’t hindering the performance of the system, one might argue that there is always room for adding a touch of fancy to the OS, no?
Keep in mind that the following guide will mean tinkering with the registry editor in Windows 10. If you are unfamiliar with it, then you can download the ready-made registry file at the end of this article, run it and have the desired results right away!
If you are in the spirit of adventure today, then you can continue your journey and discover how to carry out the above with little to no difficulty.
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Adjusting Transparency with Registry Editor
First we will cover how to hide your desktop icons with a few simple series of steps.
STEP 1:
Press Windows Key + R on your desktop and type regedit.
When you have the registry editor open, you have to navigate to the following directory:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMultitaskingView
To continue you will want to make sure you have MultitaskingView, Since it was absent in my directory, I had to right-click on Explorer,click on New and Key.
STEP 2:
When you have done so, right-click on MultitaskingView and choose New followed by Key.
You have to name the new key as AltTabViewHost, as shown below:
STEP 3:
When you have done so. Enter AltTabViewHost key by left-clicking on it, and entering the big white space to the right of it. Anywhere in this empty space, right-click and choose the following: New, DWORD (32-bit) value.
You will give this value the name of Grid_backgroundPercent, and to achieve the desired result we are seeking in this guide, you will leave the value at its default of zero, meaning fully transparent.
If you wish to alter the value, zero is completely transparent while 100 is fully opaque. You are free to tinker with values in between such as 10, 20, 30, etc.
The guide itself elapses here. If you now press ALT + Tab you will see that the black border around your open windows is now absent.
If you are however unsure of how to carry on with the above, you can choose to download a ready-made registry file to do all of the above in a few clicks.
Registry file [Download Link]
You can download this file, double-click on it and simply click on Yes, followed by OK.
If you wish to avail the additional settings shown in the latter screenshot, you can download the registry file to get the maximum value. Else, if you are satisfied with just having the black border gone then your journey ends here!
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