Windows animations enabled when Wallpaper Engine is running

[username]

I am running the Windows 10 Creators Update, and use the "Play animations in Windows" accessibility feature to disable animations.

When I run Wallpaper Engine it automatically enables animations, and re-enables them if I change the option.

I have to toggle Windows transparency effects on/off, and then I can disable animations without it affecting Wallpaper Engine.

[fetznschaedl]

Same problem here. Windows 10 1803 and Wallpaper Engine beta channel.
I've disabled "Animate controls and elements inside windows" and Wallpaper Engine always re-enables this setting.

Is there any workaround to disable start-menu animations without affecting Wallpaper Engine?

[Biohazard]

That global setting affects dozens of things and unfortunately Microsoft has just been incredibly short-sighted building it this way and not having changed this already.

The animated wallpaper is 'inside' the desktop 'window' by Microsofts logic. As such it just can't exist when this is disabled.

There should really be separate options for all the things that it changes since they are vastly unrelated, like this. I can only suggest trying to disable the start menu animation with something like a registry key change, if one exists. Something that doesn't affect the entire system.

Edit: Also it seems the other option right next to it (about minimizing/maximizing) removes half of the animation at least without disabling animations on the desktop.

[★Kawasaky]

will this be fixed sometime?

I would love to have this, but I can't stand windows animations

[Biohazard]

This cannot be "fixed", it's unfortunately how Windows is built. I totally understand what you want, but I can't change Windows. Microsoft would have to change this option to be more fine grained instead of toggling dozens of different things at once.