Is it possible to disable animation when minimizing / restoring window?

Question

When I click minimize button in my Windows Forms application, I don\'t want it to perform the classic Windows minimize animation (window going down to taskbar).

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Answer 1

This works, but it has an unpleasant side-effect on the taskbar button. I can't think of another way, animation isn't even accessible from SystemParametersInfo().

public partial class Form1 : Form {
    public Form1() {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    protected override void WndProc(ref Message m) {
        // Catch WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MINIMIZE
        if (m.Msg == 0x112 && m.WParam.ToInt32() == 0xf020) {
            this.Hide();
            this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
            this.BeginInvoke(new Action(() => this.Show()));
            return;
        }
        base.WndProc(ref m);
    }
}

Update: disabling animation on Aero is possible by pinvoking DwmSetWindowAttribute() with the DWMWA_TRANSITIONS_FORCEDISABLED attribute. See this answer.