What is ‘Transparency effects not working’ issue in Windows 10?
In this post, we are going to discuss on “How to fix Transparency effects not working Windows 10”. You will be guided here with several easy steps/methods to resolve the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Transparency effects in Windows 10’: Microsoft Windows 10 OS offers you can turn ON or OFF transparency effects for Start Menu and Start menu items, Taskbar and Action Center. This will also turn ON or OFF the acryclic Fluent Design effects for Start and UWP apps. Transparency and Blur feature will be disabled if you are using a High Contrast Theme in your Windows 10 computer.
When you turn Transparency feature ON in Windows 10, full screen start will become more transparent to see the desktop background behind it, and when you disable transparency in Windows 10, Blur feature will also be disabled. It is quite simple to disable/enable transparency effects for Start menu & start menu items, taskbar, action center, UWP apps Fluent Designed for your User Account in Windows 10.
However, several users reported that they faced ‘Transparency effects not working Windows 10’ problem when they tried to check transparency effects in Start Menu & Start menu items, taskbar or in action center in Windows 10. This issue indicates transparency effect is not showing up for Start, taskbar, Windows Terminal or UWP apps you applied to. The possible reason behind this issue can be absence of transparency effect in Windows 10 itself.
Another possible reason behind this issue can be corrupted system files or wrongly configured system registry. You can fix system files and/or registry problems in order to fix the issue. It is possible to fix the issue with our instructions. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Transparency effects not working Windows 10? [For Start Menu]
Method 1: Run SFC scan and DISM scan in Windows 10
You can run SFC scan and DISM scan to repair system files and hard disk system image in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + X’ keys on keyboard and select ‘Command Prompt as Admin’
Step 2: Type ‘sfc /scannow’ command and hit ‘Enter’ key to execute
Step 3: Once executed, type the following command and hit ‘Enter’ key to execute
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
Step 4: Once executed, restart your computer and check if the error is resolved.
Method 2: Fix Transparency effects not working issue using ‘Registry Editor’
You can modify certain registry settings in Windows 10 in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘regedit’ in the ‘Run’ window and hit ‘Ok’ button to open ‘Registry Editor’
Step 2: In the opened window, navigate to following path in left pane
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize
Step 3: Once you are in correct path, in right-pane, find and double-click on ‘EnableTransparency’ key to edit, set its value to ‘1’ and hit ‘Ok’ to save the changes. If you are unable to find this key, then right-click on empty area in right pane and select ‘new > DWORD (32-bit) value’ and name the key to ‘EnableTransparency’ and then repeat the same step to edit the key value.
Step 4: Once done, restart your computer and check if the error is resolved.
Method 3: Reinstall Start Menu via PowerShell
If the problem is still persist, you can uninstall and then reinstall Start Menu using PowerShell in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + X’ keys on keyboard and select ‘Windows PowerShell (Admin)’
Step 2: Type or copy & paste the following command and hit ‘Enter’ key to execute
Get-AppXPackage -Name Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
Step 3: Once executed, restart your computer and check if the error is resolved.
Method 4: Check if Transparency effects is properly enabled in Windows 10
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 10 and go to ‘Personalization’
Step 2: Click on ‘Colors’ in left pane and make sure ‘Transparency effects’ option is enabled. If not, enable it in order to fix the issue.
Step 3: Now, back to main page of ‘Settings’ App and go to ‘Easy of Access > Display’
Step 4: Check if ‘Show transparency in Windows’ option is ON and if not, turn it ON in order to fix Transparency effects not working issue. Once done, check if the problem is resolved.
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Conclusion
I am sure this post helped you on How to fix Transparency effects not working Windows 10 with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
