Add background Blur effect or Acrylic or Mica effect to explorer for win10 and win11

给文件资源管理器添加背景模糊效果或Acrylic、Mica效果 适用于win10和win11

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• Blur or Acrylic, Mica effects are available.
• Custom blend colors are available.
• Light/Dark Mode Adaptive.

This project is for Explorer only, if you want to apply the effect globally, take a look at our other project DWMBlurGlass.

Compatible with StartAllBack, OldNewExplorer and other software that modifies window styles.

It is also compatible with third-party themes.

• Overview
• How to use
• Config
• Other

[config]
effect=1
clearBarBg=true
clearAddress=true
clearWinUIBg=true
[light]
r=255
g=255
b=255
a=200
....

[config]
effect=2
clearBarBg=true
clearAddress=true
clearWinUIBg=true

[config]
effect=1
clearBarBg=true
clearAddress=true
clearWinUIBg=true
[light]
r=255
g=255
b=255
a=200
....

[config]
effect=1
clearBarBg=true
clearAddress=true
clearWinUIBg=false
[light]
r=255
g=255
b=255
a=200
....

[config]
effect=1
clearBarBg=true
clearAddress=true
clearWinUIBg=false
[light]
r=222
g=222
b=222
a=200

1. Download the compiled program archive from the Release page.
2. Unzip it to a location such as "C:\Program Files".
3. Run "register.cmd" as administrator.
4. Reopen the Explorer window to take effect.

cmd: regsvr32 "you path/ExplorerBlurMica.dll"

1. Run "uninstall.cmd" as administrator.
2. Delete the remaining files.

cmd: regsvr32 /u "you path/ExplorerBlurMica.dll"

Note: If something happens that crashes Explorer, press and hold the ESC key to open Explorer and uninstall the program.

[config]
#Effect type 0=Blur 1=Acrylic 2=Mica 3=Blur(Clear) 4=MicaAlt
#Blur is only available until win11 22h2, Blur (Clear) is available in both win10 and win11, Mica is win11 only.
effect=1
#Clear the background of the address bar.
clearAddress=true
#Clear the background color of the scrollbar.
#(Note: Since the system scrollbar itself has a background color that cannot be removed,
# when this option is turned on, the scrollbar is drawn by the program and the style may be different from the system).
clearBarBg=true
#Remove the toolbar background color from the WinUI or XamlIslands section of Windows 11.
clearWinUIBg=true
#Show split line between TreeView and DUIView.
showLine=true
[light]
#The system color scheme is the color in Light mode.
#RGBA component of background blend color
r=220
g=220
b=220
a=160
[dark]
#The system color scheme is the color in Dark mode.
r=0
g=0
b=0
a=120

Save the configuration after modification and reopen the File Explorer window to take effect.

The GUI running on Python. Dependent on minhook and customtkinter.

This project is an independent component based on the code in the MToolBox.