check for win11 22H2+ instead

src/main/ipc.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { existsSync, readFileSync, watch } from "fs";
 import { open, readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { debounce } from "shared/utils/debounce";
+import { release } from "os";
 
 import { IpcEvents } from "../shared/IpcEvents";
 import { setBadgeCount } from "./appBadge";
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ ipcMain.on(IpcEvents.GET_VERSION, e => {
     e.returnValue = app.getVersion();
 });
 
+ipcMain.on(IpcEvents.SUPPORTS_WINDOWS_TRANSPARENCY, e => {
+    e.returnValue = process.platform === "win32" && Number(release().split(".").pop()) >= 22621;
+})
+
 ipcMain.on(IpcEvents.AUTOSTART_ENABLED, e => {
     e.returnValue = autoStart.isEnabled();
 });

src/preload/VencordDesktopNative.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ export const VencordDesktopNative = {
     app: {
         relaunch: () => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.RELAUNCH),
         getVersion: () => sendSync<void>(IpcEvents.GET_VERSION),
-        setBadgeCount: (count: number) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.SET_BADGE_COUNT, count)
+        setBadgeCount: (count: number) => invoke<void>(IpcEvents.SET_BADGE_COUNT, count),
+        supportsWindowsTransparency: () => sendSync<boolean>(IpcEvents.SUPPORTS_WINDOWS_TRANSPARENCY)
     },
     autostart: {
         isEnabled: () => sendSync<boolean>(IpcEvents.AUTOSTART_ENABLED),

src/renderer/components/Settings.tsx

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import { Margins } from "@vencord/types/utils";
 import { Button, Forms, Select, Switch, Text, useState } from "@vencord/types/webpack/common";
 import { setBadge } from "renderer/appBadge";
 import { useSettings } from "renderer/settings";
-import { isWindows } from "renderer/utils";
 
 export default function SettingsUi() {
     const Settings = useSettings();
+    const supportsWindowsTransparency = VencordDesktopNative.app.supportsWindowsTransparency();
 
     const { autostart } = VencordDesktopNative;
     const [autoStartEnabled, setAutoStartEnabled] = useState(autostart.isEnabled());
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export default function SettingsUi() {
                 </Switch>
             ))}
 
-            {isWindows &&
+            {supportsWindowsTransparency &&
                 <>
                     <Switch
                         value={Settings.transparent ?? false}
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ export default function SettingsUi() {
                     <Forms.FormTitle className={Margins.top16 + " " + Margins.bottom8}>Transparency Options</Forms.FormTitle>
 
                     <Select
-                        placeholder="Mica"
+                        placeholder="Mica (incorporates system theme + desktop wallpaper to paint the background)"
                         options={[
-                            { label: "Mica (incorporates system theme + desktop wallpaper to \"paint\" the background)", value: "mica", default: true },
+                            { label: "Mica (incorporates system theme + desktop wallpaper to paint the background)", value: "mica", default: true },
                             { label: "Tabbed (variant of Mica with stronger background tinting)", value: "tabbed" },
                             { label: "Acrylic (blurs the window behind Vencord Desktop for a translucent background)", value: "acrylic" }
                         ]}
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export default function SettingsUi() {
                         select={v => (Settings.transparencyOption = v)}
                         isSelected={v => v === Settings.transparencyOption}
                         serialize={s => s}
-                        isDisabled={!Settings.transparent} 
+                        isDisabled={!Settings.transparent}
                     />
 
                     <Forms.FormDivider className={Margins.top16 + " " + Margins.bottom16} />

src/shared/IpcEvents.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const enum IpcEvents {
     GET_RENDERER_CSS_FILE = "VCD_GET_RENDERER_CSS_FILE",
 
     GET_VERSION = "VCD_GET_VERSION",
+    SUPPORTS_WINDOWS_TRANSPARENCY = "VCD_SUPPORTS_WINDOWS_TRANSPARENCY",
 
     RELAUNCH = "VCD_RELAUNCH",
     CLOSE = "VCD_CLOSE",