Desktop Composition Engine: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:52, 27 April 2013

The Desktop Composition Engine, featured in early builds of Windows Longhorn, was a feature which provided numerous visual effects, such as twirling and twisting windows when they were closed or minimized. It ran using RUNDLL32.EXE. It works in builds:

3683
3706
3713
3718

It is unstable in builds 4008, 4011, and 4015 winmain.

The most famous version of DCE is in builds 4015 lab_06N and 4018 lab_06N. While running, application windows would slide while moving, and there were red boxes in the background. Very few people have this build because it is securely held in Redmond.

After the reset, it became known as Desktop Window Manager, and ran in its own application, DWM.EXE.

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-In early builds of Longhorn, Desktop Composition Engine was used as an eye-candy tool which "twirled" and "twisted" windows when closing or minimizing them in early Longhorn builds up to 402x that ran using RUNDLL32.EXE. It works in builds:
+The '''Desktop Composition Engine''', featured in early builds of [[Windows:Longhorn| Windows Longhorn]], was a feature which provided numerous visual effects, such as twirling and twisting windows when they were closed or minimized. It ran using RUNDLL32.EXE. It works in builds:
 *3683
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 *3718
-It is mostly 100% broken in 4008, 4011, and 4015 winmain.
+It is unstable in builds 4008, 4011, and 4015 winmain.
-The most famous version of DCE is in builds 4015 lab_06N and 4018 lab_06N. The windows slid when moving and there were red boxes in the background. Only very few people have this build because it is securly held in Redmond.
+The most famous version of DCE is in builds 4015 lab_06N and 4018 lab_06N. While running, application windows would slide while moving, and there were red boxes in the background. Very few people have this build because it is securely held in Redmond.
-After the reset, it became known as [[Desktop Window Manager|Desktop Window Manager]] and was not run using RUNDLL32.EXE. It was run as its own application called DWM.EXE if you had compatable hardware.
+After the reset, it became known as [[Desktop Window Manager|Desktop Window Manager]], and ran in its own application, DWM.EXE.