Turing them on, you’ll get a transparent taskbar that blends nicely with your background or color theme. However, Microsoft does give you the option to turn their default transparency settings on or off. It’s pre-set and you’re unable to change it without a third-party program (or diving into the Registry Editor). For example, you can no longer in the native settings change the opacity of the transparency. With Windows 10, Microsoft has taken a lot of transparency options away for the taskbar. Follow along below and we’ll show you how you can make the taskbar in Windows 10 transparent or a solid color. However, one thing Microsoft has changed around is how transparency works with the taskbar. Windows 8 is where things got changed up substantially, but now that Windows 10 is here, we’re almost back to your traditional taskbar. It’s been around for quite awhile, functionally acting the same, but going through some minor design changes all the way up to Windows 7. The taskbar has gone through a lot of changes over the past couple of years. How to make the Windows 10 taskbar transparent