Keep Windows Aero enabled?

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Posted by: Mif.3471

Mif.3471

Is there a command line switch to keep Windows Aero enabled?

It was changed to automatically disable in a recent patch, and now my alt/tab speed is annoyingly slow.

I don’t get any benefit from Aero being disabled (I have a very high spec rig), and I can’t run in windowed mode for faster alt/tab because it causes problems with UI position on 3 screens.

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Posted by: wauwi.9162

wauwi.9162

maybe you accidentally messed about at the compatibility tab of the launchers properties.

rightclick on the GW2 icon —→ properties --→ compatibility

if “disable desktop composition” is checked, uncheck it.

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Posted by: Athlonpv.2093

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Basically windows Aero is much more trouble then it is worth , if you want something fancy try installing some KDE windows managers

http://www.compiz.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz

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Posted by: Mif.3471

Mif.3471

maybe you accidentally messed about at the compatibility tab of the launchers properties.

rightclick on the GW2 icon —-> properties —-> compatibility

if “disable desktop composition” is checked, uncheck it.

Not checked. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Also, am I correct in my assumption that Aero disabling is now a default feature, or is it just me?

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Posted by: wauwi.9162

wauwi.9162

nope, it’s not a default feature.

you might wanna check out if some background program interferes somehow with the GW2 launcher on startup.
to do this, perform a “clean boot”.
here’s how to do this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796

then start GW2 again to see if your problem occurs again.

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Posted by: abomally.2694

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Basically windows Aero is much more trouble then it is worth , if you want something fancy try installing some KDE windows managers

http://www.compiz.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz

Compiz is for Linux, unless there’s a Windows version I don’t know about.

For the OP’s question -

I’m not seeing any changes regarding Windows Aero and GW2. The only thing I can think of that would disable it is a change in the compatibility settings for GW2; such as setting GW2 to run in Windows XP compatibility mode.

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Posted by: Mif.3471

Mif.3471

I found my problem.

I installed Lucid Virtu MVP recently to play around with it and the HyperFormance mode was disabling Aero. Strangely it only started doing it recently despite being enabled for the last few weeks, but turning it off solves my issue.

Thanks for everyone who gave feedback and advice

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