Restore Windows 10 Virtual Desktop switching animation.

[Glitcher27]

Feature Request: Restore Windows 10-style Virtual Desktop switching animation

In Windows 10, switching virtual desktops using Win + Ctrl + Left/Right had a fast and responsive animation. It was:

• Smooth and well-integrated with the taskbar, desktop icons, and wallpapers.
• Fully interactive — the user could keep pressing the shortcut, and the animation would adapt (skip, accelerate, or merge).
• Optimized for responsiveness — desktop switching felt immediate and fluid.

In Windows 11, Microsoft initially removed this animation and later reintroduced a new one, but with major downsides:

• User input is blocked until the animation fully finishes.
• The animation is noticeably slower.
• There are frequent visual artifacts: flickering taskbar, disappearing icons, delayed or broken wallpaper transitions.
• Queued input only — multiple key presses are not handled smoothly.

As a result, the overall experience feels sluggish and unresponsive compared to Windows 10.

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Request:

Would it be possible to:

• Restore the Windows 10-style desktop switching animation, with its responsive input handling?
• Or at least disable the Windows 11 animation, allowing instant desktop changes?

This would greatly improve the feel of virtual desktops in ExplorerPatcher.
Thanks for your continued awesome work on this project!

[pyrates999]

Please post windows version and build. You can find this by running winver. Please include if you are running x86-64 or Arm. And what language your windows is in.