Turn off Animation (menus, windows, etc.) Intended For Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 Windows 95 introduced animation of some windows functions, such as minimizing and restoring Windows. Each successive version of Windows appears to have more animated elements, each making the system appear more sluggish, among other things. If you think it's cute, good for you. If not, here's how to turn it off. Obtain TweakUI. Choose the General tab, and turn off any of the following options: Window Animation Menu Animation Combo Box Animation (drop-down listboxes) Listbox Animation Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Saturday, August 11, 2001 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows XP] Question about 'Restoring Windows Windows XP' (Syed Salman: Friday, November 9, 2001) [Windows XP] Question about 'Turn off Animation (menus, windows, etc.)' (big daddy: Saturday, November 17, 2001) [Windows XP] Question about 'Turn off Animation (menus, windows, etc.)' (Arvind Raghavan: Saturday, August 7, 2004) [Windows XP] How about turning off toolbar animation? (Shankar ghosal: Wednesday, August 24, 2005) [Windows XP] Question about 'Turn off Animation (menus, windows, etc.)' (Sam2095: Thursday, June 8, 2006) Return to "Reducing Clutter"