Policy

Do not allow window animations

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Desktop Window Manager
Supported onAt least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting controls the appearance of window animations such as those found when restoring, minimizing, and maximizing windows. If you enable this policy setting, window animations are turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, window animations are turned on. Changing this policy setting requires a logoff for it to be applied.

Internal name
DwmDisallowAnimations_2
Policy ID
b78b1cc3f07b
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\DisallowAnimationsREG_DWORD
1
0

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