Make your Windows PC’s taskbar transparent with this helpful app
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Windows looks mostly neat and tidy on my computer but if I’ve got a really captivating image for a background I want to see all of it without the taskbar obscuring my view. To do that I use an app called Translucent TB that can make the taskbar transparent. It’s a lightweight app that won’t use up much of your system resources and it’s completely free. As well as making the taskbar transparent, Translucent TB lets you make it blurry, or opaque or change it to different colors. Here’s how to use it.
What to do:
- Download and install the Translucent TB app
- Once installed, the app can be accessed in the System tray.
- Click on the icon in the System tray to open it.
- Navigate to Desktop and select “Clear” to make the taskbar transparent.
- You might want to make your taskbar opaque, blurry, have an acrylic effect or change the color, in which case select one of those options instead.
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