Desktop Window Manager
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| developer | Microsoft |
| operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| category | Window manager |
| License | Microsoft EULA |
| German speaking | Yes |
Desktop Window Manager ( DWM , previously also Desktop Compositing Engine or DCE ) is a composite- enabled window manager that was introduced in Microsoft Windows Vista . DWM enables Windows Aero - user interface . DWM is not included in the Windows Vista Starter Edition (thus also not the Windows Aero look).
The DWM is implemented as a service in Windows . Since Windows Vista the program no longer draws directly on the screen. Instead, the drawing commands are cached in the graphics card memory. This enables the DWM to draw a window preview, 3D program change and desktop preview. In addition, the DWM is responsible for displaying the Windows Aero look.
DWM and Windows Presentation Foundation are based on the same implementation of the Media Integration Layer as a dynamic link library , not directly on DirectX .
Individual evidence
- ^ How underlying WPF concepts and technology are being used in the DWM . Microsoft. June 9, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2011.