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<p>If you are like me a faithful Google user, you have probably already tried to use some other Chrome theme.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, each Chrome theme that you will install doesn&#8217;t have transparency (aero) like the default Chrome theme.</p>
<p>Luckily there is a &#8216;hack&#8217; for this. To enable aero theme or transparency on any Google Chrome themes please do the following:</p>
<p>Install <span style="color: #003366;">Google Chrome Theme</span> from Google Themes site or Google Chrome Extensions.</p>
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<p>Hit <span style="color: #003366;">WINDOWS ORB</span> | type <span style="color: #003366;">Folder Options </span>| Click on the<span style="color: #003366;"> VIEW </span>tab | Click the &#8216;<span style="color: #003366;">Show hidden files</span><b>, </b><span style="color: #003366;">folders, and drives</span>&#8216; | Click <span style="color: #003366;">OK</span></p>
<p>Navigate to:</p>
<p><strong>C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions</strong></p>
<p>where <strong>%USERNAME%</strong> is your Windows login/username.</p>
<p>In the Extensions directory you will find 2 or more folders with some various code names.</p>
<p><img src="http://wincert.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/chrome_extensions.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Try to locate the folder of your newly installed theme. The best way to do that is to check for the <span style="color: #003366;">Date Modified Column</span>.</p>
<p>Open the folder of newly installed theme where you will see a sub-folder with the version name like <span style="color: #003366;">1.0_0</span>.</p>
<p>Here, you will see a <span style="color: #003366;">manifest.json</span> file that you should open with <span style="color: #003366;">Notepad</span>.</p>
<p>Delete the line that starts with the &#8220;<span style="color: #003366;">theme_frame</span>&#8220;, for instance:</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;theme_frame&#8221;: &#8220;i/agxjaHJvbWV0aGVtZXNyDAsSBEZpbGUYo40GDA&#8221;,</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">Save </span>the edited file.</p>
<p>Now, create the folder anywhere on your PC and name it as you wish, for instance <span style="color: #003366;">Blue Theme.</span></p>
<p>Copy the contents of the folder <span style="color: #003366;">1.0_0</span> to your newly created folder &#8216;<span style="color: #003366;">Blue Theme</span>&#8216;. It should contain the <span style="color: #003366;">folder &#8216;1&#8217;, Cached Theme.pak</span> and <span style="color: #003366;">manifest.json</span></p>
<p>Open the Google Chrome and select <span style="color: #003366;">Tools</span> and then <span style="color: #003366;">Extensions</span></p>
<p>Click on the <b>+</b> sign near the &#8216;<span style="color: #003366;">Developer Mode</span>&#8216; and click on the &#8216;<span style="color: #003366;">Pack extension</span>&#8216; tab.</p>
<p>In the Extension root directory option, browse to the root of the newly created &#8216;<span style="color: #003366;">Blue Theme</span>&#8216; Folder.</p>
<p>You should see the Blue Theme.crx file that you should drag to Google Chrome and install the theme.</p>
<p>Your theme should now have transparency just like the default theme of Google Chrome.</p>
<p>Comments are welcome!</p>