Comments on: Disable Flip3D in Windows Vista or Windows 7

By: jim d

jim d — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:54:26 +0000

Many thanks for these instructions. I personally can’t stand Flip3D and much prefer Switcher. Now I can map Switcher to Win-Tab without it competing w/ Flip (previously it would sometimes invoke Switcher, other times not).

By: AnonymousAKAMP

AnonymousAKAMP — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:56:14 +0000

Seriously, though, if you don’t like it then don’t do this. I for one oohed and ahhed at Vista when it first came out for two reasons:
This exact function looked cool and a great way to waste time
and The Gaussian blur window transparency.
Of course, both of these features would not work on my laptop. So I didn’t buy it. But now I just ordered a new laptop (read the forums to find my first post about it) and can’t wait for it to arrive. I will be sure to use this and the transparency.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:48:04 +0000

Well what can you say really? Windows tried to emulate a the greatness which is Mac OSX Expos� and failed big time! I’ve used flip3d and its more frustrating than helpful, at least with Mac OSX Expos� BAM and all the windows are there to click on, you’re not constantly scrolling through windows until you get to the one you were looking for. Aero is ugly anyway in my opinion so just disable the whole theme would be a better solution.

By: GoS-ExiGo

GoS-ExiGo — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:41:05 +0000

rofl, I might not be a geek, but at least I’m not that stupid to post all these useless comments.. -.-”

1. * Note *: This is a geek forum which helps/gives you solutions & alternatives: Either you use them or not.. Your choice !

2. If I prefer to use winzip than winrar, I would uninstall winrar. Same goes for all the games that I didn’t even launched for 1 year. R u guys telling that I should keep them & simply don’t use them lol..

3. I bought a new Laptop (Vista Business) 1 year ago: I was so excited about the New ‘Flip 3D’ Option & just used/played with it times to times.. Ohh now I realise that it has been about ‘9 months’ that I did not activated it even once :pl, it seems that I kept using ‘Alt-Tab’ instead of ‘Flip-3D’.

Quote (Danny): “what is the point of disabling it? Just don’t use it”

By the way, that’s why I’m here, I wanted to Disable Flip-3D: So I typed in Google search and it forwarded me here. Thx that someone had already provided a way to disable it.

So, plz stop saying “Just dont use it”.. All people (like me) who wanted to Disable it came to this ‘Helpful Topic’:
- You use it if it helps you, else u don’t use it !
- So, I really don’t understand what you are doing here if u r not gonna use it.. -.-”

By: efreak1

efreak1 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:24:33 +0000

Flip 3D is awesome! Why would you want to disable it?

By: Merlinhoot

Merlinhoot — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:21:45 +0000

I appreciate this fix because I have found it turns on sometimes when I don’t want it. I never use it either by the way.

By: Spacegold

Spacegold — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:06:41 +0000

Heh, heh, I’m so computer literate that I don’t even know what Aero and Flip3D are. But it sounds like they are more Vista gimmicks that are more flash than substance.

By: Jihan

Jihan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:07:31 +0000

Ok I am a not a big fan about the Flip 3D and I just found out how it came up no long ago, I accidentally hit Windows + Tab instead of Alt + Tab. I get why people disable it, but at the same time I do agree with a person who said if it was on an Apple system, everyone would think it’s wonderful.

It’s pretty obvious that if you can’t run Vista smoothly, then what was the point of getting it? If you got a new computer with Vista then simply install XP or upgrade memory. Why am I saying this? Sorry to be extremely rude but I remember when I asked everywhere, where can I remove Windows Mail and such everyone said “Just don’t use it. Simple as that.”

By: Tewan

Tewan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:20:35 +0000

Nice registry hack, finally I can use that key binding for something less worthless.

By: Plasma

Plasma — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:55:44 +0000

@James: Flip3D is one of those features that uses up computer recourses. If someone doesn’t use or rarely uses this feature, and has a slow computer, they should consider removing it for extra speed.
Of course, those who do have a good computer and are more interested in saving recourses for things like games should look at the “disabling Aero while starting programs” section, as Flip3D is a part of Aero.