Windows Vista build 5744, 5752 and 5754 - Missing Aero theme

[Caveria]

Hello! I installed VMware Tools (choosed Complete option) for Windows Vista build 5744, 5752 and 5754 and Aero theme is missing and I can't activate it. Emulator I'm using is VMware Workstation 11.0.6 x64 (amd64). Any solution to get Aero for these builds?

[Meow]

Do you have enough RAM to load aero?

[Caveria]

I think yes, but still I don't get the Aero theme. Setted 1024 MB of Memory on builds 5738 and early and worked without any problems, but builds 5744 and later don't displays the Aero theme.

[Meow]

Is there enough video RAM? You need 128 mb video ram

[fred30w]

Try refreshing the Windows Experience Index, then rebooting the Virtual Machine. Instead of rebooting you can also change the screen resolution after refreshing the WEI to get Aero to activate. I tested each of the 3 builds you listed and was successful at getting Aero to work on all of them.

Build 5744


Build 5752


Build 5754


The only difference is that I'm running VMware Workstation 12, but it likely will work on Workstation 11 as well.

[Caveria]

Ohhh, thanks! I was still on VMware Workstation 11, tried and works! I got now Aero theme! Thanks for your help!

[fred30w]

Ohhh, thanks! I was still on VMware Workstation 11, tried and works! I got now Aero theme! Thanks for your help!

You're welcome! Glad that worked out for you.