AeroAlert

AeroAlert – Change the DWM Color Programmatically

AeroAlert is a small application which can programmatically change the Windows Aero Color.  Easily flash a series of colors to alert that a download is complete, or that a background task has completed.

Demonstration Video

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AeroAlert (ZIP, 5KB)

Works only with Windows Aero enabled, on Windows Vista and Windows 7 or higher.

Sample batch files are included.

Usage

AeroAlert.exe  [-k]
 
Change the DWM Aero Color to the specified color(s), in the specified number of transform increments.
 
-- Options --
Step#    Number of steps to complete the color transform.
-k       Persistent.  Do not set the previous color before exit.
 
-- Color Format --
Known Color:     Blue, Green, Red, etc. (.NET System.Drawing.Color)
RGB Hex Color:   #RRGGBB
 
-- Examples --
AeroAlert 100 Blue #ff00ee
Change the color to Blue in 100 steps, then #ff00ee in 100 steps, then return to the user-defined color over 100 steps.
 
AeroAlert 1 -k Red
Change the aero color to Red immediately.