TUTORIAL: How to Add Aero ON / OFF Shortcuts in Desktop and My Computer Context Menu

[Vishal Gupta]

Whenever you want to turn Aero ON or OFF, you have to do it either from Desktop Properties or from System properties. But did you know there is a very easy shortcut to do it within seconds?

Here are 2 commands to turn Aero ON / OFF which are used by Vista OS:

Command to Turn Aero ON: Rundll32 dwmApi #102

Command to Turn Aero OFF: Rundll32 dwmApi #104

You can give the commands in RUN dialog box or Startmenu Searchbox. You can also create their shortcuts on Desktop or Quick Launch or wherever you want. It can become quite handy in lots of situations like a software has disabled Aero because it was not compatible with Aero or if you are running out of battery in your laptop, etc.

You can also add these commands in Desktop context menu or My Computer context menu. e.g. when you’ll right-click on Desktop or My Computer icon, you’ll find the shortcuts of “Aero ON” and “Aero OFF” there. You can read the step-by-step tutorial here.

Screenshots:

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[Choto Cheeta]

coool thnx for sharing with us

 

[casanova]

Cool trick. Thx for sharing

 

[ravi_9793]

nice

 

[sam_1710]

wow.. !! thanks vishal!! . ..
Now winamp'll open faster!!

 

[Batistabomb]

thanks vishal

 

[kpmsivachand]

Nice one

 

[Vishal Gupta]

My pleasure guys.

 

[topgear]

Really Really Very Useful.
My complements & Best wishes to You Vishal.

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Thank you.

 

[phreak0ut]

Great work man! Keep it up.

 

[jal_desai]

need i say tht u r excellent... .. how much time in a day u spent by goofing around with the pc? i really need to know now..

 

[BBThumbHealer]

Thnx VG ! Useful Trick !

need i say tht u r excellent... .. how much time in a day u spent by goofing around with the pc? i really need to know now..

me too , really wanna know !

 

[Vishal Gupta]

heh. Thanks a lot guys. I usually spent 8-10 hours daily on my system.

 

[Ron]

Re: TUTORIAL: How to Add Aero ON / OFF Shortcuts in Desktop and My Computer Context M

heh. Thanks a lot guys. I usually spent 8-10 hours daily on my system.

How do u manage?

 

[hullap]

do u wear glasses.u must be

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Nope.

 

[ravi_9793]

Re: TUTORIAL: How to Add Aero ON / OFF Shortcuts in Desktop and My Computer Context M

do u wear glasses.u must be

wht glass has to do with his tut.

 

[SunnyChahal]

nice tip.

 

[ismart]

great man great ideas...thanks