"Windows aero must be enabled" message, however aero is already enabled

mlaily / NegativeScreen

NegativeScreen is a Windows application allowing you to invert your screen colors. (and more)

https://zerowidthjoiner.net/negativescreen

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"Windows aero must be enabled" message, however aero is already enabled #13

Closed roiofthesuisse closed 6 years ago

roiofthesuisse commented 6 years ago

I got the following error message on program launch: "Windows aero must be enabled for this program to work properly", however aero is enabled. Then the program doesn't invert the colors.

I tried also in administrator mode.

Negative Screen was working well with my former computer. I'm still on Windows 7 though.

roiofthesuisse commented 6 years ago

I was using a theme "Windows 7 basic familial edition". The aero process was running since the command net start uxsms answered "service is already started". When I switched to a true aero theme (within configuration panel) and then toggled the aero mode OFF, NegativeScreen worked!