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Minimize animations stopped working in Aero (a tough one!)
Hello, folks! This one is a real challenge for me and will probably be a bitch to track down and fix, even though it seems easy.
The problem: window animations (minimize / maximize) stopped working in Aero and I can't turn them back on by normal means.
Explanation: Aero is enabled and working, the setting in Performance / Effects is on (as well as in Registry), but there are no animations when I minimize, restore or maximize windows. They just appear/disappear. I tried setting it on and off, rebooting, etc., but it just won't turn back on. It used to work before.
Setup: ASUS laptop with Vista Home Premium.
What I did:
1. I tried to install Windows Vista Ultimate on another partition, had some issues, then removed it and fixed the BCD.
2. I downloaded a patched themes control panel to enable DreamScapes in Vista Home Premium and installed it (example link: http://www.forumplaystation.com/viewtopic.php?p=63385 ).
I don't remember exactly when the problem occured.
How I tried to fix it.
1. Restored original themecpl
2. Checked that registry settings are ok:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Visual Effects\AnimateMinMax]
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM]
"Animations"=dword:00000001
3. Tried restarting the computer.
4. Tried setting all effects to off and back on.
5. Tried different combinations. I managed to get 95/XP-like "animations" to work when I disable Aero.
Any ideas? What should I try?
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I'm not in front of a Vista machine, but look in Control Panel->System icon->Advanced tab->Performance Settings button for the various apperance options.
I'm not in front of a Vista machine, but look in Control Panel->System icon->Advanced tab->Performance Settings button for the various apperance options.
Done that. It's in Performance / Visual Effects. All appearance settings are enabled. Disabling/enabling doesn't help. Options other than animation work (e.g. I can disable the shadow under mouse pointer and then reenable it), but window animation checkbox doesn't have any effect.
