Questions tagged [aero]
Aero is the graphical user interface and default theme in Microsoft Windows 7. It provides new functionality such as aero-peek (preview) and transparent window title bars.
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How to disable "shake to minimize" on Win10 21H2?
This option is not in Multitasking anymore, and is not disabled by default on Win10 21H2. Where did it go?
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Explantion for CSRSS.EXE using the GPU
This is a follow up question to conhost.exe and csrss.exe questions
I am currently on a Windows 7 x64 machine, using a relatively high end GPU (GTX 970 4 GB). Windows Aero is enabled. I am using ...
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How can I update window/title color in Windows 10?
I mean the this:
I was able to set a color for the new taskbar and start menu. It is even a little transparent and the background is blurry, like in Windows 7 from which I've updated. Aero Glass is ...
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How does Windows Aero prevent screen tearing?
When Windows Aero is on, there isn't any screen tearing, as opposed to when using the Basic theme without Aero.
Why, though, do games with vertical sync seem to have a much greater input lag than ...
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Windows 7 - easiest way to tell whether AERO / DWM is enabled?
From this article I have learnt, that DWM is enabled only with AERO:
Let’s recall: without Aero turned on, the DWM is deactivated, so
there’s also no more 2D acceleration, either (this applies ...
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Customize Windows 11 window borders to look like Windows 7
I want to make window borders aesthetically look like Windows 7. It currently looks like this:
I want it to look like this:
This is also acceptable (DWM disabled):
I followed this tutorial: https://...
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Why is dwm.exe using so much memory?
I've scoured the web, but I'm sick of reading "scan your computer for viruses" and "upgrade your RAM" on answers to similar questions to this. I understand that dwm.exe is for (simply put) caching ...
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How to Unregister Windows aero hotkeys?
Salve! I just switched from WindowsXP to Windows7. Now, I want to use the global hotkeys win+right, win+left, shift+win+right, etc., for something else, but find that they are already taken by ...
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Remove Watermark of Aero Glass on windows 8.1
Recently I have installed Aero Glass for windows 8.1 and noticed that it creates a watermark of the site name and this is how it looks:
Also at the startup of windows a window pops up saying "...
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Windows 7 rightclick menu from toolbar like ALT-SPACE?
The menu containing Restore, Move, Resize, Minimize, Maximize and Close accessible through right click on a window titlebar or click on the upper left form icon, was before the new Aero stuff ...
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Can I use Aero Glass with QXL (virt-manager)?
I've made a Windows 7 VM with QXL as the display adapter. I installed the guest additions and the display adapter was properly showing up in device manager. I've tried changing the QXL settings to ...
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In Windows 7, Is there a way to snap a window to a quarter of the screen instead of half?
When I move a windows by the title bar to the left or side of the screen the windows "snaps" to the side and resizes itself to half the screen size. Is there a way to snap the windows to a quarter of ...
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Why are Windows 10 transparency effects temperamental?
The "Transparency Effects" (aka Acrylic, Aero Glass, Frosted Glass, Translucency, Background Blur, etc) in Windows 10 sometimes (but not always) do not work on my computer, despite the ...
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How to remove the user profile folder from navigation pane in Windows Explorer?
How do I remove the user profile folder from navigation pane in Windows Explorer on Windows 10?
Seems like none of the currently recommended solutions work no more, including editing the following ...
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"Aero glass does not know how to hook your version of dwm (0x8)"
I want to have the aero theme on my Windows 10 but this happens....
I downloaded this file:
then this appeared while installing:
I don't know what to do....
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Removing the blur on Windows 7's Aero theme
I want to make the window titles transparent but completely clear. I've tried changing the registry's DWORD HideBlur in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ to 1 to remove it, but without success.
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Windows Vista Aero blue lines around windows
I have Windows Vista Home Premium x64 installed on my PC with some registry tweaks for Aero.
I noticed that blue lines appeared on the right and bottom of the windows.
I turned off the transparency.
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Windows 7 32-bit SP1 - Aero stops working after logging out, locking, getting UAC Secure Desktop prompt
I have a Windows 7 desktop (Core 2 Duo E8400, 4 GB DDR2, AMD Radeon HD 8570 1 GB). Aero works fine and doesn't cause any issues. However, any time I do Control-Alt-Delete, get a UAC prompt (with ...
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Mouse focus on Popup window
I have a very anoying issue with my Win7. I have a Dell Latitude E6430, I recently installed win7 and I didn't have the Aero theme because my Intel Graphic driver was obsolete. I searched in the web ...
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How does Windows 7 calculate the color to use for taskbar "color hot-tracking"?
This has intrigued me for quite some time.
Does anyone know the algorithm Windows 7 Aero uses to determine the colour to use as the hot-tracking hover highlight on taskbar buttons for currently-...
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Performance Warning with high specs
As described here I'm getting the above message with these specs:
FX8350
GTX960 4GB
16GB 1600Mhz RAM
1440p Monitor
PNY 240GB SSD
3 HDDs in JBOD mode ~3TB
Is this normal? Any advice on how to fix ...
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Stop Safe Mode In Windows 7 on Virtualbox
I would like to update the video card settings to allow aero mode on Windows 7 in Virtual Box but on the installation it says windows is in safe so aero mode won't work.
How do I take it out of safe ...
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I need help figuring out if this task can be done by Auto Hot Key
I am new to AutoHotKey. I spend about twenty minutes setting up my computer each day and I am just doing things I think this program can automate, but there are a lot of steps and I am also unsure if ...
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How can I prevent Windows from disabling Aero when I use my secondary monitor?
My problem is similar to the following question:
How can I prevent Windows from disabling Aero?
I did not have enough rep to post a comment, but my question is somewhat different anyways.
It is ...
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Is it possible to enable Aero Glass again in Windows 10 for Windows titles?
I've updated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and I miss the Aero Glass transparency that I had in Windows 7.
How can I enable this again?
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How can I prevent Windows from disabling Aero?
Every time I attend a Webex meeting, after only a few minutes in, Windows determines that my performance is too low and disables Aero. This is not an issue with Webex. It's an issue with Windows ...
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Windows 7 Aero Taskbar previews not working (no hover/click)
I don't know what's wrong or if it's a bug from a recent update but the aero taskbar previews stopped working, I can see the previews but they are unclickable, I can't switch a window through the ...
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How to re-enable aero effects in Windows 7 after it has crashed?
Ocassionally aero effects crash. Is there a way to re-enable the effects in Windows 7 after a crash happens?
i.e. restarting a service or terminatating a process and letting it restart automaticially ...
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Windows 10 keeps messing up draggable window's content
Starting a few weeks ago, I suddenly got no window contents when I dragged a window around. Quick googling helped and I activated the Setting "Show window contents while dragging" in the virtual ...
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Is it possible to disable aero on Windows 7 without admin rights?
I want to disable aero, however I don't have admin rights the admin has blocked Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Personalization and I haven't found another way to do it, does anybody ...
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Is it possible to bring back Aero preview on alt+tab in Windows 10?
Back in Windows 7, when one presses alt+tab the "Windows Flip" menu appears and if (s)he holds alt but stops pressing tab, a preview of the app appears. In Windows 10, the behaviour is different: the ...
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Windows suddenly treats fullscreen as half of actual screen
Sometimes, after I unlock my computer, the windows are all half the size of the screen and when using the maximize button they do not expand to fill the whole screen. This also affects the Aero Snap ...
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How to disable maximize-on-top-drag?
In Windows 7, if you drag a window by its title bar to the top of the screen, the window maximizes.
This annoys me -- if I am dragging a window to the top of the screen, it is because I am ...
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Windows 7 Aero theme's "greyed out" - no found fix
Brand new machine that was working fine then randomly it changed the theme when I booted into a sort of "basic" theme (white task bar, no see through windows etc)
I've done and attempted ...
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How to take a screenshot with Aero effects?
I don't want to make a normal screenshot. I want to make a screenshot that includes Aero glass, drop shadows, etc. in "transparent" mode.
I tried some tools like Windows Clippings, but the Aero glass ...
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Why can't I stretch a window across multiple monitors?
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Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 with no third-party window managers or monitor support.
Not remoted in via Citrix or rdp
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Disable Aero on Windows 8?
Does anyone know how to disable Aero on Windows 8 (currently Release Preview)?
Note: Contrary to what many places mention, I believe this should still be possible, because you can see it during the ...
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How to change Windows 7 Aero Desktop Icon Text Color
The default icons are white on blue. Since I am older with vision issues I find a pale green or yellow with black text easiest to read and see. We were developed on a yellow-green planet!
I would ...
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Win7 keeps warning me about "slow performance" and disables Aero & UI effects. It is decidedly wrong
In the last few days, Windows has started giving me warnings about "slow performance" and subsequently disabling Aero and all the UI effects. I'm getting this a few times a day.
This is Windows 7 ...
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Recommendation for good cost/benefit vga for Windows Areo [closed]
I want to buy a PCI express card for my PC. All Windows experience scores are good, but the onboard VGA got 1.0 in Vista experience for Aero. I've looked in the listing o video cards, and it's ...
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Windows 7 randomly drops to Basic UI after full screen apps
Sometimes when I close a fullscreen application in Windows 7, it drops me back to the Basic UI.
Windows has indicated that the problem is that the DWM service has stopped, but I only thought it didn't ...
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Remove the background color in Windows Photo Viewer for Win7 aero glass theme
I use Black Glass Enhanced (curiouso9.deviantart.com/art/Black-Glass-Enhanced-v0-5-156752713) with my black Windows 7 theme. Unfortunately, Windows Photo Viewer does not have any transparency like all ...
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Is there any way to prevent Windows 7 from disabling Aero?
Periodically (anywhere from once to 5+ times per day) my Windows 7 machine will switch off Aero and revert to the Basic theme. I wrote a batch file which I run as administrator in order to reverse ...
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Is there a way to change the way flip3d displays?
I'm curious if there is a way to get Win7's native flip 3d to display more like Expose or a ring switcher?
It would improve my workflow drastically if I could more clearly see all my windows at once....
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Aero bug in Windows 7
Have you seen anything like this before?
Not always but permanently shows up this strange behavior. What's the name of that problem? And how can I solve it?
I tried:
driver update
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Return to Aero screen effects after VNC usage?
After a VNC session (UltraVNC 1.2.1.2) with my Windows 10 PC (what I believe caused the problem), dragging windows on the screen with my mouse results in only rectangles being moved, instead of the ...
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WPF windows don't cooperate with unofficial themes
A while ago, I decided to patch my uxtheme.dll (using the Universal Theme Patcher) to allow for use of unofficial window themes. The problem is that WPF applications seem to ignore the custom theme ...
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How to quickly enable and disable Aero in Windows 7?
I share my screen with colleagues a lot. During sharing, it's advisable to turn off Aero as it generates much more graphics to send over the wire and causes delays in screen sharing. Some screen ...
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aero with very large window sizes
when i create multiple really large windows with opengl (2 windows, each of them 13440+1080 pixels) aero turns off resulting in animation tearing. The video card (W8000) has 4GB memory, so there ...
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How to show window contents while dragging in Windows Server 2008 R2 for non-admin users?
I followed the instructions on question 41846 (How to show window contents while dragging in Windows Server 2008 R2?), that is:
Open the System Properties dialog (I have to enter the Administrator's ...
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