title: How do I achieve desktop overlay blur on Windows?
body: <p>When I was installing AMD graphics drivers on Windows 10, I noticed a blurred background look, which is a style I want to achieve in my application.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9nZsR.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9nZsR.png" alt="AMD Radeon Installer"></a></p>
  
  <p>I have tried using <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms633556(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UpdateLayeredWindow</a>, but it does not apply a blur effect. I have tried using <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa969512.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea</a> and <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa969508(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow</a> but I am unsure how to customize window coloring 
  and image overlays.</p>
  
  <p>There is a <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa969513(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DwmGetColorizationColor</a> function, but there is no matching DwmSetColorizationColor function. There are ways to set system-wide coloring, but I would like colorization to affect solely my application window. Also, Aero Glass™ was removed from Windows 8 and 10.</p>
  
  <p>How do I include these effects in my application using WinForms in a way that works on Windows 8/10? If WPF can render these effects, how does it do it and how do I achieve a similar effect on WinForms?</p>