ExplorerBlurMica

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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Effects

• 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.

Compatibility

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

It is also compatible with third-party themes. If you have any issues, please report it in **Issue** tab.

Catalog

• Overview
• How to use
• Config
• Other

Overview

Windows 11

23H2 WinUI3

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

Dark Mode

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

22H2 XamlIslands

[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
....

Windows 10

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

How to use

Install

Download program with GUI

1. Download the program from the Release page. Remember to download GUI with binary, or download the binary here.
2. Unzip it to a location such as "C:\Program Files".
3. Run ExplorerBlurMica_GUI.exe and install the program. You can tweak anything you want here.
4. Reopen the Explorer window to take effect.

Download program only

1. Download the compiled program archive from the Release page.
2. Unzip it to a location such as "C:\Program Files". Or if you downloaded GUI before, just unzip it in src folder and run ExplorerBlurMica_GUI.exe.
3. Edit config.ini files (if you don't use GUI).
4. Run "register.cmd".
5. Reopen the Explorer window to take effect.

cmd: regsvr32 "you path/ExplorerBlurMica.dll" (run as administrastor)

Uninstall

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

cmd: regsvr32 /u "you path/ExplorerBlurMica.dll" (run as administrator)

Config

[config]
#Effect type 0=Blur 1=Acrylic 2=Mica 3=Blur(Clear) 4=MicaAlt
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.

Note

• Blur effect isn't available for Windows 11.
• Mica and Mica Alt effect isn't avaiable for Windows 10.

Important

If something happens that crashes Explorer, press and hold the ESC key to open Explorer and uninstall the program or run this command with administrator privileges: taskkill explorer.exe && regsvr32 /u "you path/ExplorerBlurMica.dll" && explorer.exe. This will remove ExplorerBlurMica and restart Explorer.

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Other

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

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