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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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yanismnsr 

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

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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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    Tom Stone
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    Oct 06, 2021
    Thank you, I was having the same issue and this helped!
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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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    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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