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2010.06.27.Su.20:02.

Word/Excel Hyperlinks Turn Window Animation Back On !?#@~

On any 32-bit Windows version, simply using a M$Word hyperlink to_jump to another document inadvertently brings back window animation, no matter whether animation had been turned off in :::

(1.) the registry at MinAnimate (on Windows Xp for example),

(2.) “Performance Options » Visual Effects » Custom » [] Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing” (as found in Windows 7),

(3.) gpEdit.msc using “Do not allow window animations”, at computer and/or user level (Vista and above).

This state of affairs over time has been quite a frustration to me, especially since Word 2003.v11.  If I recall correctly, this inconsistent misbehaviour already existed e.g. in Word 97v8 (and probably earlier too then). It_still hung around in_2007v12.  Meanwhile I also checked Word 2010.v14 and even 2013.v15, to no avail. 

Windows Xp, 2003, Vista, 7, up to 8.x, none of their 32-bit versions have been able to stop Microsoft’s own Word from turning window animation back_on as a side effect of jumping through some hyperlink.

Redmond and the whole Gates history deserve Deep Shame for this, even if nowadays 32-bit Windows is almost a thing of the past.

Even today I would still welcome an ultimate solution to this annoyance.

/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi.astahost.com/info.php/Remove-Window-Animation-Run-Faster_t9770.html

Dec 27 2005, 12:25 AM – affhotspot :::

Make your computer run a little faster.

You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize Windows.

1. Open RegEdit.

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl panel DesktopWindowMetrics

3. Create a new string value "MinAnimate".

4. Set the value data to 0 for Off – or 1 for On.

This will put less of a stress on your graphics card – especially if you have an older computer.