Increasing the length of time thumbnail previews on taskbar display

Hello,

I've just got Windows 7. So far i've enjoyed it, but found one annoyance:

When I hover over application icons (that are open) on the taskbar the thumbnail preview only flashes up for 1 second, even if I leave my cursor hovering on the icon.

This is the case most of the time, but I find when I have certain windows open (e.g. the regeditor - random I know!) then the thumbnail previews for other applications will stay up as long as I hover over them.

Can anyone help?

Cheers,

Wallonn7 said:

Hirroshi said:

Hello,

I've just got Windows 7. So far i've enjoyed it, but found one annoyance:

When I hover over application icons (that are open) on the taskbar the thumbnail preview only flashes up for 1 second, even if I leave my cursor hovering on the icon.

This is the case most of the time, but I find when I have certain windows open (e.g. the regeditor - random I know!) then the thumbnail previews for other applications will stay up as long as I hover over them.

Can anyone help?

Cheers,

Hi Hirroshi and welcome to SF! :)
Just look here, follow all instructions as they are posted and enjoy!

Hello,

Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately this is not quite what I was looking for. The tutorial you have linked me to is described as doing this -

"This will show you how to change the delay time for how long it takes to open a Aero Peek live preview of a open window, that is behind another opened window on the desktop, when you hover the mouse pointer on the taskbar thumbnail preview of this window."

...and I want to do this -

Change the ammount of time an Aero Peek live preview of an open window , that is behind another opened window on the desktop, will stay open when you hover the mouse pointer on the taskbar thumbnail preview of this window.

Cheers,

Wallonn7 said:

And this one? :)

Its nothing to do with a delay in the thumbnail popping up.

I want to increase the time that the thumnail stays present while i'm hovering over it.

For some reason it disappears after a second.

Cheers,

Wallonn7 said:

I think this will require more time than I imagined. But do not worry. I will continue to search for what you need. :)

Thanks! Here are some screenshots to explain what is happening.


Screen1 - when the small installation window is in the foreground, I can hover over the background windows icon for as long as I want and the preview will stay up.


Screen2 - when the small installation window is minimized and the other windows are maximised, the thumbnail will not stay up despite me hovering over it.

Maybe this is just a feature of Windows 7? I would like the have the thumbnails come up all the time i'm hovering over them if possible!

Cheers,