A replica of the dead software glass8, also known as the upstream project of DWMBlurGlass. This is a fork improving the performance and stability of OpenGlass.
This branch uses raw Direct2D to leverage better performance than the master branch (You can find the master branch here), however due to it's early nature you may encounter more bugs and crashes. Currently this branch only supports Windows 10 2004-22H2.
You can use DWM Tweaker (Windhawk mod) with this build of OpenGlass! You may find it here (Thank you Tech Stuff!) (Paste the code from the .cpp file to Windhawk's development environment)
Important
This software is intended for advanced users only. If you are a beginner and you do not have deeper knowledge of Windows (such as registry editing etc.) you shouldn't use this. You can use DWMBlurGlass instead.
Warning
OpenGlass does not support and is not intended to support Windows Insider Preview, so if you want to use it in these Windows versions please do it at your own risk. It will do nothing if it isn't compatible.
.msstyles theme used for screenshots: Aero10 by vaporvance
additional software used: Windhawk, Aero Window Manager by @Dulappy
Go look at the official legacy branch of OpenGlass here. It is recommended to use the Windhawk method for better overall stability.
Important
Make sure OpenGlass is not running before doing this, otherwise some stuff can break (Not permament damage)
- Download both DWM Tweaker (Found at top of this README) and the latest build of OpenGlass here.
- Extract the build of OpenGlass you have downloaded.
- Take the
OpenGlass.dllfile and put it inC:\ProgramData\Windhawk\Engine\ModsWritable(You may need to create theModsWritabledirectory). - Rename the DLL to
OpenGlassOpt.dll. - Go to
regedit.exeand locateHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWMand create the DWORDDisableGlassInjectionand set it to 1. - Open Windhawk and click "Create a New mod" and then paste the code from
dwmtweaker.cppinto there. - Compile the mod and after it downloads symbols it should work. You can use the settings from here to make it look like Windows 7.
Note
To save DWM Tweaker and the default settings raw GitHub files right click and click Save as. Another way is to copy the file contents and create the file yourself.
The legacy branch can use some of the features of the master branch. Options which are not listed below are not supported in the Legacy branch, vice versa.
Important
Unless specified, the options below are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM. OpenGlass prefers to read the settings in the HKCU.
Colorization settings
| Key Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ColorizationColorOverride | DWORD | Overrides the default Windows ColorizationColor. The color is in ARGB (i.e 0x6B74B8FC). If this is not set, it'll use the equivalent original registry key. |
| ColorizationAfterglowOveride | DWORD | Overrides the default Windows ColorizationAfterglow. The color is in ARGB (i.e 0x6B74B8FC). If this is not set, it'll use the equivalent original registry key. |
| ColorizationColorBalanceOverride | DWORD | Overrides the default Windows ColorizationColorBalance. This key is typically controlled by the intensity slider in Control panel. If you were using the old shader fork previously, this is the equivalent to og_ColorizationColorBalance. If this is not set, it'll use the equivalent original registry key. |
| ColorizationAfterglowBalanceOverride | DWORD | Overrides the default Windows ColorizationAfterglowBalance. This key is typically controlled by the intensity slider in Control panel. If you were using the old shader fork previously, this is the equivalent to og_ColorizationColorBalance. If this is not set, it'll use the equivalent original registry key. |
| ColorizationBlurBalanceOverride | DWORD | Overrides the default Windows ColorizationBlurBalance. This key is typically controlled by the intensity slider in Control panel. If you were using the old shader fork previously, this is the equivalent to og_ColorizationBlurBalance. If this is not set, it'll use the equivalent original registry key. |
Glass settings
| Key Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GlassType | DWORD | The type of backdrop effect. Currently, only 2 options are supported: 0x0=Basic blur and 0x01=Aero |
| GlassOverrideAccent | DWORD | Overrides surfaces with accent policies with OpenGlass effects, I.E: the taskbar. Set to 1 to enable. |
| EnableGeometryMerging | DWORD | Merges multiple blur surfaces to render as one. Most notably, this will eliminate the "artifact" near the titlebar edges. !! THIS OPTION MAY HAVE A SEVERE IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. !! |
| ColorizationGlassReflectionIntensity | DWORD | Controls the opacity of the glass streaks effect in the window. |
| ColorizationGlassReflectionParallaxIntensity | DWORD | Controls intensity of the parallax effect (I.E when moving the windows side to side) of the glass streaks. |
| BlurDeviation | DWORD | Controls the radius (intensity) of the gaussian blur effect. |
| TextGlowSize | DWORD | Controls the size of the titlebar text glow effect. |
| RoundRectRadius | DWORD | Controls radius of the blur behind, like a rounded rectangle. Win8 = 0, Win7 = 12 |
| CustomThemeMsstyle | String | path to msstyle file. |
| CustomThemeMsstyleUseDefaults | DWORD | Color scheme uses the result from GetThemeDefaults |
| EnableFullDirty | DWORD | Make the dirty region extend to the entire desktop by using a hack. This will eliminate the "flickering" caused by redrawing due to missing glass safety zones, thus useful for those using a high blur radius. As a price, your entire desktop is rendered instead of just the necessary regions, but the occlusion optimization still works fine. !! THIS OPTION DEFINITELY HAVE A IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. !! |
Extra settings
| Key Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DisableGlassInjection | DWORD | Setting this to 1 makes it compatible with Windhawk (DWM Tweaker) (Need to change in HKLM) |
OpenGlass does not provide any GUI nor commands to explicitly reload the configuration. You can use glass8's UI to refresh it though. However, it's actually quite easy to do so in C/C++.
PostMessage(FindWindow(TEXT("Dwm"), nullptr), WM_THEMECHANGED, 0, 0); // Refresh part of the settings related to theme
PostMessage(FindWindow(TEXT("Dwm"), nullptr), WM_DWMCOLORIZATIONCHANGED, 0, 0); // Refresh part of the settings related to color/backdropProvided by @aubymori
Wallpaper: metalheart jawn #2 by @kfh83
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