
by
Jeremy Canfield | Updated June 27th, 2017
To enable "Animate in the taskbar and start menu":
- Select the Windows Start icon, type regedit in search, and select regedit.
- Select File > Export, and save a copy of the current registry state.
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.
- Double-click the TaskbarAnimations object.
- Set value data to 1, hexidecimal.
- A value data setting of 0 configures "Animate in the taskbar and start menu" to not be checked
- A value data setting of 1 configures "Animate in the taskbar and start menu" to be checked
- Restart the PC.