Windows 11 Performance Tweaks

This article collects different tweaks to improve Windows 11 performance without compromising it's features.

Visual Performance Settings

Right click on Windows Icon and then click: System → Extended Settings → Extended → Performance → Settings → Visual effects

Disable following options:

• Animation on minimizing and maximizing of windows
• Animations on task bar
• Window shadows
• Mouse shadows
• Menu items on click (DE: Menüelemente nach Aufruf ausblenden)
• Menus in View (DE: Menüs in Ansicht ein- oder ausblenden)
• Quick info in view (DE: Quickinfo in Ansicht ein- oder ausblenden)
• Animate control elements and elements in windows

Windows Explorer Performance

Start regedit.exe

Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell

Create String:

Name: FolderType

Value: NotSpecified

Restart Windows or start Windows Explorer, start Task Manager, Lokale Windows Explorer in Task Manager, right click and click on restart