Can the "preview" windows feature on the taskbar be disabled?


  1. Posts : 59
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
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    Can the "preview" windows feature on the taskbar be disabled?


    If you have several windows open on the taskbar, and you hover over the taskbar it shows you a "preview" of the windows that are open. Is there a way to disable that "preview" feature?
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  2. Posts : 20
    Windows 7 Home Premium O.E.M x64
       #2

    I assume you mean the taskbar thumbs.

    It requires a registry edit if you are confident enough to mess with registry settings.

    Open regedit.exe and navigate to

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
    There should be a d word value in the right hand side named

    TaskbarNoThumbnail

    set its value to 1 to turn off thumbnail previews. Reset to 0 to re-enable thumb nail previews.

    A registry (.reg) file to turn off thumbs should look like this
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
    "TaskbarNoThumbnail"=dword:00000001

    And to turn them back on
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
    "TaskbarNoThumbnail"=dword:00000000


    Regards Elmer B. Fuddled

    OOOPS!! I suppose I should have really mentioned I only use these registry edits when I'm busy in Photoshop.
    Last edited by Elmer BeFuddled; 06 Jun 2010 at 21:00.
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  3. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
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