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Enabling and Disabling Aero interface on Windows Vista and 7

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29 Aug 2009CPOL 38.4K   480   14   7
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Introduction 

Is your application incompatible with Aero interface? Do you want to disable Aero from your application? You are in the right place.

Using the Code

Using this code is really simple, almost anyone can use it easily.

Just add System.Runtime.InteropServices to your usings and paste this code into the application.

C#
public readonly uint DWM_EC_DISABLECOMPOSITION = 0;
public readonly uint DWM_EC_ENABLECOMPOSITION = 1;
[DllImport("dwmapi.dll", EntryPoint = "DwmEnableComposition")]
protected extern static uint Win32DwmEnableComposition(uint uCompositionAction);
public bool ControlAero(bool enable)
{
  try
  {
    if (enable)
      Win32DwmEnableComposition(DWM_EC_ENABLECOMPOSITION);
    if (!enable)
      Win32DwmEnableComposition(DWM_EC_DISABLECOMPOSITION);

    return true;  
  }
  catch { return false; }
}

You can disable Aero with ControlAero(false), and enable Aero with ControlAero(true). If you are on an XP or prior Windows operating system, this method will return false, if everything is done without an exception, it will return true. After your application is closed, Aero will get enabled automatically.

History

  • 29th August, 2009: Initial post

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
programmerdon7-Oct-11 7:46
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GeneralMy vote of 1 Pin
Dave Kreskowiak17-Sep-09 7:16
mveDave Kreskowiak17-Sep-09 7:16 
Zero explanation of the code and the concepts behind it.
GeneralMy vote of 2 Pin
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