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March 8, 2018 3:04 PM from

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How to get a transparent background? Best I seem to get is a very fuzzy merge with black.

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Reply #1 March 8, 2018 3:16 PM from

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This should do it

Reply #2 March 8, 2018 4:31 PM from

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I already tried that. As I said. the best I got was a very fuzzy background merged with black. Not transparent at all.

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Reply #3 March 8, 2018 4:49 PM from

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What OS and version of Fences are you using?

Reply #4 March 8, 2018 4:54 PM from

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Give this a try Purge Fences https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#reinstalling

reboot and reinstall the latest version https://forums.stardock.com/484254/getting-your-products-and-keys

report back if that works for you

Reply #5 March 8, 2018 5:50 PM from

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I am using Win 10 Home version 1709. Dual screen 1600x1200. A Hubble background image. I just installed the trial versions of Fences and Groupy off the Stardock site. I tried changing all the Color sliders. Transparency went from black to what looks like a black bathroom window. Fences also leaves the icon positions a mess when I turn it off so each trial takes a while to undo.

Reply #6 March 10, 2018 11:38 AM from

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Reinstalled version 3.0.8.1. Same result. My guess it has to do with the screen resolution ( correction 1920x1200) and scaling factor 200%. It looks like the background is compressed and then re-expanded making it blurry.

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