Enable Or Disable Windows Vista's Aero Effect With a Simple Right Click

If you normally turn on or turn off Windows Vista's Aero effect quite frequently then you know that it's an involved process that takes multiple steps. But how about having a convenient right click menu to turn on or turn off the Aero effect? Follow these steps to include a "Enable Aero" and "Disable Aero" menu options on your desktop's right-click context menu,


Step-1:


Click on the "Start" button and type "run" and press the Enter key.


Step-2:


On the "Run" dialog, type-in "regedit" and press the Enter key.


Warning: This involves editing your Windows Registry. Before you make any changes to your Windows Registry it would be a good idea, on the safer side, to backup your Windows Registry. If you don't know how to backup your Windows Registry then please see the bottom of the article on how to backup Windows Registry.


Step-3:


Windows will launch "Registry Editor". Follow this key path to arrive at the "shell" key, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryBackgroundShell


Step-4:


Right click on the "shell" key and then click on the "New" menu option and then click on "Key". Windows will create a key below "shell" and will allow you to type a name for the key. Type-in "Enable Aero" and press Enter.


Step-5:


Right click on the "Enable Aero" key and then choose "New" and then "Key". Type-in "command" for the key name.


Step-6:


Click on the "command" key under "Enable Aero" on the left and then right-click on the "Default" key on the right pane and click "Modify...".


Step-7:


On the "Edit String" dialog, type-in (or copy this) Rundll32 dwmApi #102 and then hit the OKbutton.


Step-8:


Right click on the "shell" key again and choose "New" and then "Key" and type-in "Disable Aero" for the key name.


Step-9:


Create a "command" key below "Disable Aero" as you've done on Step-5.


Step-10:


Choose the "Default" key on the right pane and then right click and "Modify" and enter Rundll32 dwmApi #104 on the "Edit String" dialog. Hit the OK button.


Now you should have "Enable Aero" and "Disable Aero" options on your desktop's right-click context menu.