New registry keys in Windows 7 Desktop Window Manager

April 18th, 2009 . Filed under: Features. Tags: Aero, Desktop, Registry

There are some new registry keys in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM.
They are :

ColorizationAfterglow
ColorizationAfterglowBalance
ColorizationBlurBalance
ColorizationColorBalance
ColorizationGlassReflectionIntensity
ColorizationOpaqueBlend
Composition
CompositionPolicy
EnableAeroPeek

newdwnreg

They help control or customize visual appearance of Aero in Windows 7.

Do check out the ColorizationColor value generator at Tweaks.com

Just enter in the decimal a value that you want to use in the various boxes and the registry string will automatically be generated.

colregval

•All values have a range between 0 and 255
•The Alpha value of 0 is completely transparent, 255 is completely solid.
•Setting red, green, and blue all to 255 will result in black.
•Setting red, green, and blue all to 0 will result in white.
•If you want a semi-transparent green interface, enter 128 for the alpha, 0 for red, 255 for green and 0 for blue.