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Managed to solve it, thanks for your help though.

 

Solution:

I was checking the Nvidia Control Panel, and when I came to adjust resolution, I made sure both my monitors were on 1080p, but my secondary monitor was only on 16-bit colour depth. I didn't change that, so I put it back up to 32-bit, and aero is back. I don't know how it changed the Colour Depth or why that would affect aero, but I'm glad its back.

 

Thanks for all your help again any way.

Of Course! I completely forgot that you need 32 bit color to use Aero

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Hey everyone.

 

A weird problem has happened and I don't know how to fix it.

 

I was using my computer and for some reason Windows explorer restarted, only the areo features did not.

I originally thought it was something to do with Displayfusion, but everything was fine.

 

I literately just restarted my computer and the issue is still present. I have tried changing themes from my Un-saved theme back to the original Windows theme (Blue windows logo)

Still nothing. I finally resorted to going to Microsoft's website and downloaded a FixitForme for areo. This identified the issue as my gpu not supporting areo features. I'm sorry, what? A GTX 970 not supporting Areo, when I know it does as it has been before.

 

Do you know the cause of the issue/solution?

if so, any info would be great.

 

Thanks.

 

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming (No OC atm)

16GB 1866MHz Fury RAM

Ryze of the Phoenix: 
CPU:      AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4.15GHz
Ram:      64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200Mhz (Samsung B-Die & Nanya Technology)
GPU:      MSI RTX 3060 12GB Aero ITX
Storage: Crucial P3 1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD, 1TB Crucial MX500, Spinning Rust (7TB Internal, 16TB External - All in-use),
PSU:      Cooler Master MWE Gold 750w V2 PSU (Thanks LTT PSU Tier List)
Cooler:   BeQuite! Prue Rock 2 Black Edition
Case:     ThermalTake Versa J22 TG

Passmark 10 Score: 6096.4         CPU-z Score: 4189 MT         Unigine Valley (DX11 @1080p Ultra): 5145         CryEngine Neon Noir (1080p Ultra): 9579

Audio Setup:                  Scarlett 2i2, AudioTechnica AT2020 XLR, Mackie CR3 Monitors, Sennheiser HD559 headphones, HyperX Cloud II Headset, KZ ES4 IEM (Cyan)

Laptop:                            MacBook Pro 2017 (Intel i5 7360U, 8GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 2x Thunderbolt 3 Ports - No Touch Bar) Catalina & Boot Camp Win10 Pro

Primary Phone:               Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro 5G 256GB (Snapdragon 888)

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Reinstall Gfx drivers

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Reinstall Gfx drivers

Nope, issue still exists

Ryze of the Phoenix: 
CPU:      AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4.15GHz
Ram:      64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200Mhz (Samsung B-Die & Nanya Technology)
GPU:      MSI RTX 3060 12GB Aero ITX
Storage: Crucial P3 1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD, 1TB Crucial MX500, Spinning Rust (7TB Internal, 16TB External - All in-use),
PSU:      Cooler Master MWE Gold 750w V2 PSU (Thanks LTT PSU Tier List)
Cooler:   BeQuite! Prue Rock 2 Black Edition
Case:     ThermalTake Versa J22 TG

Passmark 10 Score: 6096.4         CPU-z Score: 4189 MT         Unigine Valley (DX11 @1080p Ultra): 5145         CryEngine Neon Noir (1080p Ultra): 9579

Audio Setup:                  Scarlett 2i2, AudioTechnica AT2020 XLR, Mackie CR3 Monitors, Sennheiser HD559 headphones, HyperX Cloud II Headset, KZ ES4 IEM (Cyan)

Laptop:                            MacBook Pro 2017 (Intel i5 7360U, 8GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 2x Thunderbolt 3 Ports - No Touch Bar) Catalina & Boot Camp Win10 Pro

Primary Phone:               Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro 5G 256GB (Snapdragon 888)

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Nope, issue still exists

Very strange. 

Well, let's try something else. Do you have integrated graphics? if so, restart your PC using them and then try to see if Aero works

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Very strange. 

Well, let's try something else. Do you have integrated graphics? if so, restart your PC using them and then try to see if Aero works

Managed to solve it, thanks for your help though.

 

Solution:

I was checking the Nvidia Control Panel, and when I came to adjust resolution, I made sure both my monitors were on 1080p, but my secondary monitor was only on 16-bit colour depth. I didn't change that, so I put it back up to 32-bit, and aero is back. I don't know how it changed the Colour Depth or why that would affect aero, but I'm glad its back.

 

Thanks for all your help again any way.

Ryze of the Phoenix: 
CPU:      AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4.15GHz
Ram:      64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200Mhz (Samsung B-Die & Nanya Technology)
GPU:      MSI RTX 3060 12GB Aero ITX
Storage: Crucial P3 1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD, 1TB Crucial MX500, Spinning Rust (7TB Internal, 16TB External - All in-use),
PSU:      Cooler Master MWE Gold 750w V2 PSU (Thanks LTT PSU Tier List)
Cooler:   BeQuite! Prue Rock 2 Black Edition
Case:     ThermalTake Versa J22 TG

Passmark 10 Score: 6096.4         CPU-z Score: 4189 MT         Unigine Valley (DX11 @1080p Ultra): 5145         CryEngine Neon Noir (1080p Ultra): 9579

Audio Setup:                  Scarlett 2i2, AudioTechnica AT2020 XLR, Mackie CR3 Monitors, Sennheiser HD559 headphones, HyperX Cloud II Headset, KZ ES4 IEM (Cyan)

Laptop:                            MacBook Pro 2017 (Intel i5 7360U, 8GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 2x Thunderbolt 3 Ports - No Touch Bar) Catalina & Boot Camp Win10 Pro

Primary Phone:               Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro 5G 256GB (Snapdragon 888)

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Managed to solve it, thanks for your help though.

 

Solution:

I was checking the Nvidia Control Panel, and when I came to adjust resolution, I made sure both my monitors were on 1080p, but my secondary monitor was only on 16-bit colour depth. I didn't change that, so I put it back up to 32-bit, and aero is back. I don't know how it changed the Colour Depth or why that would affect aero, but I'm glad its back.

 

Thanks for all your help again any way.

Of Course! I completely forgot that you need 32 bit color to use Aero

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Of Course! I completely forgot that you need 32 bit color to use Aero

The question is why did it change by itself? Also, wouldn't re-installing the drivers automatically adjust the colour depth

Ryze of the Phoenix: 
CPU:      AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4.15GHz
Ram:      64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200Mhz (Samsung B-Die & Nanya Technology)
GPU:      MSI RTX 3060 12GB Aero ITX
Storage: Crucial P3 1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD, 1TB Crucial MX500, Spinning Rust (7TB Internal, 16TB External - All in-use),
PSU:      Cooler Master MWE Gold 750w V2 PSU (Thanks LTT PSU Tier List)
Cooler:   BeQuite! Prue Rock 2 Black Edition
Case:     ThermalTake Versa J22 TG

Passmark 10 Score: 6096.4         CPU-z Score: 4189 MT         Unigine Valley (DX11 @1080p Ultra): 5145         CryEngine Neon Noir (1080p Ultra): 9579

Audio Setup:                  Scarlett 2i2, AudioTechnica AT2020 XLR, Mackie CR3 Monitors, Sennheiser HD559 headphones, HyperX Cloud II Headset, KZ ES4 IEM (Cyan)

Laptop:                            MacBook Pro 2017 (Intel i5 7360U, 8GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 2x Thunderbolt 3 Ports - No Touch Bar) Catalina & Boot Camp Win10 Pro

Primary Phone:               Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro 5G 256GB (Snapdragon 888)

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The question is why did it change by itself? Also, wouldn't re-installing the drivers automatically adjust the colour depth

Yeah that shouldn't happen. When Explorer crashed it must have reverted color depth to default

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