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How to get an Aero Glass Command Prompt in Windows Vista/7

Michael Gaines | August 16, 2010 | no comments

A few years ago, I was very heavy into the Windows XP GUI mod community. There was one thing I always wanted to do and that’s create a translucent Command Prompt like you can do in Mac OS X. The problem was that there was no perfect way to do it. The one mod that did allow you to was very limited in what it was capable of doing. I even tried writing one myself which I could never get working properly.

Now with Aero Glass for Windows Vista and 7, you can put a Glass look on your Command Prompt. Komalo on DeviantArt put together an executable which places Aero Glass on your Command Prompt when you run it. There’s even source code available to see how he did it.

This is great for people like me that need to get down into the command line of Windows, but don’t like the cold look of the black background.

Click here for komalo’s Glass CMD for Windows Vista and 7.

Click here for komalo’s Glass CMD for Windows XP (may be buggy).

Tags: 7, command prompt, translucent, vista, Windows

Category: How-Tos, Technology

About the Author: Michael Gaines started being a geek at a very young age. Starting with tape recorders and TI calculators, he was armed with the tools to be creative with electronics long before most people knew what a modem was. His parents were teachers which gave him the the rare super power of teaching people how to understand the devices they're using. In college, he was a DJ at the school's radio station, and tech editor of the college newspaper. His fondness for spreading his knowledge throughout the universe has spread to the internet where he works on two podcasts: Geekistry, World Of Warcast. Until humans can reach past Earth, he currently resides in New Jersey, writing and podcasting about the many things that help teach how things work.

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