Make taskbar and title bar black when window is maximized (like in Vista)

Question

Is there a way to make the taskbar and application title bar go blank when a window is maximized, like it was in Vista?

I find it very distracting to see what's behind the maximized window (there is a reason why I maximized it). I think the decision to have only transparent window elements all the time was a stupid one, but they could have added it as an option at least. But they haven't, so I need now to draw two black bands over my wallpapers and make the chrome as dark as possible.

Answer 1

I haven't tested it (yet) but this theme should be pretty close to what you want.

Requested. Just adds the old function to make the window opaque when maximized.

As it's a custom theme, you need a patched UXTheme to install it. You can use UxStyle to patch it.