// https://www.codeproject.com/Answers/1174965/How-can-I-make-my-form-like-windows-blurr-effect-o#answer3 public static void enableBlur(this Form @this) { var accent = new Win32Util.AccentPolicy(); accent.AccentState = Win32Util.AccentState.ACCENT_ENABLE_BLURBEHIND; var accentStructSize = Marshal.SizeOf(accent); var accentPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(accentStructSize); Marshal.StructureToPtr(accent, accentPtr, false); var Data = new Win32Util.WindowCompositionAttributeData(); Data.Attribute = Win32Util.WindowCompositionAttribute.WCA_ACCENT_POLICY; Data.SizeOfData = accentStructSize; Data.Data = accentPtr; Win32Util.SetWindowCompositionAttribute(@this.Handle, ref Data); Marshal.FreeHGlobal(accentPtr); }