AWM not compatible with ExplorerBlurMica

[Andrew6rant]

ExplorerBlurMica's background blur does not work when AWM is running. Windows 10 Education 22H2 19045.4894

Before (ExplorerBlurMica):

After (AWM and ExplorerBlurMica):

DWMBlurGlass and Groupy 2 are also installed and hooking into explorer.

I'm just trying to remove the minimize and maximize title bar buttons, nothing else.

Here are my changed settings:

Maximize/Restore Button Width:							0
Minimize/Help Button Width:								0

Titlebar Left Inset (Static Number Added):				0
Titlebar Left Inset (Border Size Multiplied):			2
Titlebar Left Inset (Static Number Added) (Max):		2
Titlebar Left Inset (Border Size Multiplied) (Max):		1

Everything else is set to defaults.

[Dulappy]

After some testing, it seems that it all comes down to accent policies. AWM overrides any window's accent policy with its own, in order to apply its settings properly. AWM also isn't the only thing conflicting with ExplorerBlurMica.

AWM alone:

AWM with OpenGlass:

OpenGlass alone:

I have found a workaround, though I can't promise good performance as accents are generally quite poorly optimized. You can set AWM's AccentPolicy setting to 4, which is Acrylic. This produces the desired result in Explorer, but has the side effect of rendering Acrylic behind every other window as well. I don't think it's going to get in the way of looks, but it might get in the way of performance:

[Andrew6rant]

Since I was only using AWM to remove the minimize/maximize buttons (and many apps handle the window buttons in their own way, so it's not even consistent), I'll just forgo the program entirely. Wouldn't be worth the performance impact of Acrylic.

Thank you though!