Policy
Turn off common control and window animations
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista
This policy is similar to settings directly available to computer users. Disabling animations can improve usability for users with some visual disabilities as well as improving performance and battery life in some scenarios.
Internal name
TurnOffSPIAnimations
Policy ID
5a0dcc08a3d9
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Value name TurnOffSPIAnimations | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value name
TurnOffSPIAnimations
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.