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1. #ENABLE TASKBAR THUMBNAIL PREVIEW WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#
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3. #ENABLE TASKBAR THUMBNAIL PREVIEW WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS#

In the Value data: field enter the delay you want. When the value has been created, double-click on the ExtendedUIHoverTime value and click on the Decimal option. Navigate to the following Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AdvancedĬreate a new DWORD (32-bit) value named ExtendedUIHoverTime under the above key. When User Account Control asks if you would like to allow this program to make changes, click on the Yes button.

#ENABLE TASKBAR THUMBNAIL PREVIEW WINDOWS 7 WINDOWS#

Otherwise, please continue with these steps:Ĭlose all open windows so you are at your desktop.Ĭlick on the start button and enter Regedit in the search field.

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Therefore if you do not feel comfortable editing the Windows Registry then you can download a registry file to perform these steps for you. Warning: Improperly modifying the Windows Registry can cause Windows to not operate correctly.

#ENABLE TASKBAR THUMBNAIL PREVIEW WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#

How to to disable Taskbar Thumbnail Preview in Windows 7 using the Registry

At the time of this writing, the site for 7 Taskbar Tweaker is down so we will provide both methods in this tutorial. The second method is to use a program called 7 Taskbar Tweak to disable it for us. The first way is to set a particular Windows Registry entry so that the thumbnail previews will not pop-up instantly, but instead pop-up after a certain amount of seconds of hovering, essentially disabling this feature. Thankfully, ways have been figured out how to, if not totally disable it, at least make it so it is not annoying anymore. Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to not provide a method that can be used to disable this feature in Windows 7. Though, in theory this feature is a good one, for many other people it is really annoying and can actually get in the way of productivity when these thumbnails pop-up over work you are trying to do. An example of this feature can be seen in the image below.Įxample of the Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Preview For example, if you have 3 Internet Explorer windows open and hover your mouse cursor over the Internet Explorer icon on your taskbar, it will pop-up 3 small images of each of your Internet Explorer windows and allow you to select the one you want to make active.