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Setup with Aero theme shows classic Windows7 style on Windows11

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 1:00 am
by anja_laenge
Hi,

we create setups for our customer with InstallAware X14 with Aero theme; on Windows 11 he noticed unwanted transparency effects which we could fix), and an unwanted old classic Windows 7 window style (with the blue title bar, classic colored minimize, maximize, close buttons).

How to fix this?

kind regards
Anja

Re: Setup with Aero theme shows classic Windows7 style on Windows11

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:34 am
by JohnGaver
Could you please provide screenshots to help us better understand the issue you are running into?

Also, please cross-check your results against the latest version of our Aero Dialogs Sampler using the "Sample the dialogs in this theme" link found at https://www.installaware.com/user-inter ... themes.htm.

If that produces different results, you may want to upgrade to the latest InstallAware version, and/or update the dialogs in your theme with the versions of the dialogs found in the latest version of the Aero theme.

Re: Setup with Aero theme shows classic Windows7 style on Windows11

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 2:20 am
by anja_laenge
Hi,

here are the screenshots:
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left is a a new X14 dialog without fixing the transparency, right is your Aero Sampler.

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This is a screenshot with removed aero glass element at top left in the dialog editor test

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and this is the same during a running setup.

Do I understand your answer correctly, that the dialogs from the latest version will work with the X14 and be correctly compiled into the setup?
Where can I find these?

kind regards
Anja

Re: Setup with Aero theme shows classic Windows7 style on Windows11

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 6:40 am
by JohnGaver
Ah, that helps a lot! Thank you very much for providing those screenshots,

I believe the issue you're seeing is a bug that's been fixed in newer versions of InstallAware.

You wouldn't even need to swap out your dialogs - just upgrade to the latest version, and recompile.

Re: Setup with Aero theme shows classic Windows7 style on Windows11

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 6:50 am
by anja_laenge
Thank you very much.
I will pass on the information.

kind regards
Anja