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yanismnsr
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Sep 02, 2021

Slow virtual desktop switching on windows 11

Hi,   I recently joined the windows insider program and installed Windows 11. But since then, I am facing a significantly slow virtual desktop switching, compared to windows 10 (4 fingers slide ges...
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64blit
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Sep 22, 2021

yanismnsr 

I solved this by making my background a solid color rather than the default image. Hope that helps.

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    softbaked_497
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 14, 2023
    This noticeably improved issue for me.
    2023-01 and still nothing addressing this issue from MSFT
    (RTX A4500)
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    artistro08
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    Sep 26, 2021

    I fixed mine with turning off the dynamic colors. Just pick a color under personalization preferences and you should be good. 

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      tkolda
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      Jun 28, 2022
      This worked like a charm! Even with Bing background. Night and day. Thanks!!!!!!
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        dmcoxe
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        Jun 28, 2022

        Glad to hear that, but if anyone at Microsoft is listening, I hope they will figure out the bug and fix it so both the snap to feature  and the multiple desktops work seamlessly without lag times. tkolda 

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      DarkLord79
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      Dec 03, 2021
      Kudos artistro08! An astute observation, with a fixed accent color the desktop switching is I'd say on par with Win10 now, even when using different solid backgrounds (to differentiate them). Thanks!
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      Tom Stone
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      Oct 06, 2021
      Thank you, I was having the same issue and this helped!

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