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How to re-enable aero effects in Windows 7 after it has crashed?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026150104 views
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Problem

Ocassionally aero effects crash. Is there a way to re-enable the effects in Windows 7 after a crash happens? i.e. restarting a service or terminatating a process and letting it restart automaticially or manually loading it? Problem symptoms; in Control Panel \ Appearance and Personalization \ Personalization The standard "Window Color" option is not available it just appears as "Basic" Reboot will solve this issue, but would like to avoid that if possible.

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Fix for: How to re-enable aero effects in Windows 7 after it has crashed?

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Restart DWM with (by using a CMD shell window with Administrator permission): It's the same service that crashes and is also known as the Desktop Window Manager.

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