Blender suddenly disables Windows Aero on launch

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I tried launching blender today and to my surprise it has decided that it doesn’t like windows aero any more. When Blender opens the theme is suddenly changed to windows basic without any warnings or notification/confirmation for the change.

My specs are as follows:

  • Windows 7
  • Blender 2.77a
  • 32GB RAM
  • Intel Core i7 4790k
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX980 (4GB)

Only thing on my system that has changed recently is updating NVIDIA drivers.

Thanks for looking

EDIT:

Downgraded NVIDIA graphics drivers from 372.54 to 368.81. Issue was resolved.
If you’re having a similar issue, make sure that you’re using a version below 372.54

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Thanks. I had the same problem with a 6GB GTX980 Ti (driver ver. 372.54) on Win7 x64

Blender in Windows Classic Mode gave me 5 FPS in the UI.

I’ll test how far I can go back with the drivers.

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I tried version 369.05. This one did not work.

But 368.81 is working fine. :yes: Thanks

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Update:

There is a new NVIDIA Driver Version 372.20 but it has the same problem.:frowning:
Latest working Version is 368.81

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I am also having the same issue, just updated nvidia driver to 372.70.
Wondering if this is a driver problem or a blender bug issue that needs to be reported?

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Was reported in bugtracker and then to Nvidia from Blender developer.
Should be fixed in one of the next Nvidia updates.

Cheers, mib

7

Still broken in the new Driver Version 372.90 (21 Sept 2016)

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I just installed Driver Version 372.90 and the same thing happens with Blender 2.77 but not with 2.78 rc. When both are open as soon as I close 2.77 the color scheme changes back to normal.