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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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esowdenguzman
Copper Contributor
Oct 19, 2023

for anyone still struggling with this, I found a solution (thanks to ChatGPT woohoo) which isn't as heavy-handed as some of the others here. you can do: right click start menu > system > advanced system settings > performance settings > visual effects > choose "custom" > disable "animate controls and elements inside Windows"

 

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    biosphere
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 16, 2025

    This fixed the issue I was having with Ctrl-Windows-Arrow key to switch between desktops, it was taking almost 10 seconds to switch, now it's instant. Thanks for the solution! Cheers!

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    yudhish09
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 12, 2025

    Broo, I can't thank you enough for this. You are a literal life saver due.
    Been facing this issue for years now. Always thought my laptop is **bleep**. Even after switching 3 laptops in the past few years. I totally stopped using desktops especially due the insane amounts of lag.
    Thanks again

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    popular_capybara
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 27, 2023

    I solved the issue by setting 'Adjust for best appearence'... figure out why... I tried everything else, solid background, disable animations, disable window snapping... but nothing seemed to fix the problem. Anyway thank you for putting me on  the right track esowdenguzman 

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