Desktop composition

(Windows Vista or later) Determines if desktop composition is enabled on the remote desktop.

When desktop composition is enabled, individual windows no longer draw directly to the screen or primary display device as they did in previous versions of Microsoft Windows. Instead, their drawing is redirected to off-screen surfaces in video memory, which are then rendered into a desktop image and presented on the display.

Supported on: VMware View Client

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client\RDP Settings
Value NameDesktopComposition
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

vdm_client.admx

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