Aero Peek

[AngryDog]

I been using Win7 latest pre-beta for about a week. Today I noticed that Aero Peek no longer works. By that I mean the little rectangle on the task bar won't let me see translucent boxes and the desktop. It was working when I first installed. Whe are the registery settings? The preview checkbox is checked and I am running Areo theme. If I click it it will minimize the windows just no mouse over peeking.

 

[Mark]

Try to create a new account to see if it works on a fresh one, it worked for me when Aero Snap mysteriously stopped working, all I did then was copy all my files to the new account and deleted the first one. It's not the best fix I know but it was the quickest way at the time.

 

[AngryDog]

Grim
That does work but what files or registry entries does it change to get it working again? I did some looking but I can't figure it out.

 

[AngryDog]

Found the Answer

I kept palying around and looking for what the changes were when creating a new logon and I found why iy quit working. I had made some changes under the Performance Options. I was using Custom Settings and found this to be the culprit.

Under Performance Options, Custom, Animate controls and elements inside windows. I this is unchecked Aero Peek quits working. If it's checked it starts working once again. Took some digging but it payed off.

So again it needs to be checked for Aero Peek to work.

 

[Mark]

Glad to see you sorted it out.

 

[skunksmash]

hi all.......

how do i make my windows appear like this..??


i thought it would just be a case of opening multiple windows but mine don't go like that..?? is there something other than the blue badge kit that needs to be enabled...
thx...


SK

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello SK.

This is what I get in 6801 with IE maximized and a couple other windows open.




Later :shock: Ted

 

[skunksmash]

thats it!!!!...

i cant get that..?? this is what i see...


it cant be the fact that im using FF3...??


SK

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hell SK.

What is this set to? r click the peek button.







Later :shock: Ted

 

[skunksmash]

its set to ''preview desktop''.......?? strange a....


SK

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Did you upgrade (or clean) 6801 to 6936?


















Later :shock: Ted

 

[skunksmash]

yes i upgraded, but it never worked on 6801 either..?? maybe its a problem with the original 6801 install & was then carried over with the upgrade to 6936 .




SK

 

[Brink]

Hi SK,

You will just need to use the Blue Badge Tool Rev 3 for the 6801 build to enable Dekstop Preview (Aero Peak).

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Oh, I hadn't thought if you'd run the rev3 of the BlueBadge tool. Thanks Brink....


















Later Ted

 

[skunksmash]

Hi Shawn.....

thats the ''rev 3'' kit i used to enable the taskbar & is enabled in the screen shot above..??

i have full Aero, everything fades in & out, im running the desktop slideshow but i cant display the windows as clear glass..??


SK

 

[Brink]

See if restarting the computer helps any. It's working on my 6801 from this now.

 

[skunksmash]

nope...... it still wont run.



oh well, it still looks pretty!!


SK

 

[Barman58]

Hi SK,

Have you right clicked on the aero peek area on the task bar and checked if preview is ticked, I switched it off once and forgot i'd done it so had the same problem you do

 

[skunksmash]

Hi SK,

Have you right clicked on the aero peek area on the task bar and checked if preview is ticked, I switched it off once and forgot i'd done it so had the same problem you do

yep.... its set to ''preview desktop'' its a shame really, that effect looks super cool!! & i cant get at it for some reason..?? it could of been the upgrade, b/c it wernt working on 6801 either...

is there a cmd line code for this function..??

SK

 

[Mark]

Hi Mitch, I am in the process of a fresh install as we speak, not that I had the issues that you have but I found after a bit of a play some things were messed up like all the library icons were missing, I was unable to rename any files unless I moved them to the desktop and and I could not access disk management. I think I will stick to doing a fresh install from now on.