Add a delay time to Taskbar autohide?


  1. Posts : 15
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    Add a delay time to Taskbar autohide?


    I like using autohide for the Taskbar, but it can sometimes be annoying when using a full-screen program in that when you approach the bottom of the screen the Taskbar pops up over the program you're using. What I'd like is a registry entry where I can either add a delay time so that the Taskbar only appears after hovering the mouse over it for 5 seconds or so, or to make it so that the Taskbar doesn't appear at all unless I use the "WIN + t" key combination. I can find all sorts of tweaks and 3rd party programs that add all sorts of functionality to the Taskbar, but none that do this.
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    Is this website & program useful for you. I have not tried it but it seems to fit what you are asking.

    The Taskbar Activate page
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       #3

    Thanks, but that program is for XP and was last updated in 1999.
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    Sorry about that, I did not see that part.

    Have a look at this Seven Forums tutorial, it might be what you are looking for.

    Taskbar Thumbnail Live Preview - Change Delay Time
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    No, that's not it, either. What that does is change the amount of time it takes for a preview to come up when you're hovering over an icon. Thanks again, though.
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    OK. According to this MS website the website that I pointed you to in Post #2, which is for XP etc, works in Windows 7.

    Add delay to auto-hide taskbar - Microsoft Community

    This is the website that they are referring to.

    The Taskbar Activate page

    Download & install it & see if it works, if not you can probably just uninstall it.
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  7. Posts : 15
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       #7

    You're right, that does work. Thank you very much.
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  8. Posts : 9,746
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    Thanks for getting. Glad to hear it works.
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