Disable progress bar glow effect

Question

For the default ProgressBar control, when the value is less than the max value, there is a glow effect (white part in bottom progress bar). Is there a simple way to disable the glow?

Answer 1

1. Set the ProgressBar.Minimum to what will be progress bar's value.
2. Set the ProgressBar.Value to equal the ProgressBar.Minimum.
3. Set the ProgressBar.Minimum to zero. Presto - no glow.

Works on toolstrip progress bars. 'Don't know about Forms.ProgressBar but seems like it should.

Answer 2

In case anyone was wondering, I solved this by using the custom progress bar class in the second answer here . The custom progress bar doesn't have a glow effect, and it also has the feature of allowing custom text on the progress bar. I also used the third answer ("Avoid flickering text") to solve the flicker problem.