Top "Dwm" questions

For questions about the Desktop Window Manager (DWM), which handles desktop composition in Windows Vista and later versions.

Handling WM_NCPAINT "breaks" DWM glass rendering on Vista/Aero

I am trying to make a window that alternates between having an Aero/Glass and a custom rendered frame (by …

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Qt: Erase background (Windows Aero Glass)

Update see Using Blur Behind on Windows for an example of using Qt and DWM.alt text http://labs.trolltech.…

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How to correctly screencapture a specific window on Aero/DWM

Background info: I have this MFC application I coded and been using for a long time that pretty much automatically …

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Is there a way to change the style of all scrollbars (Win10)?

Is there a way (API, dlls, msstyles ...) to modify the style (remove some elemets, change colors, width, ...) of all scrollbars …

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Vista/7: How to get glass color?

How do you use DwmGetColorizationColor? The documentation says it returns two values: a 32-bit 0xAARRGGBB containing the color used for …

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