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WHen I do an alt-tab in Windows 7, if I don't constantly switch window (holding down alt and quickly clicking tab) it will go into Peek mode. Normally, I would expect the alt-tab window to stay on top when the Peek happens, but, instead my little alt-tab window disappears behind the windows being brought forward by the Peek. I can still cycle through the windows by pushing alt-tab, but my window has disappeared. When I tried this on someone else's Windows 7 box, it didn't do this.
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Go to Control Panel -> Advanced (or Advanced System Settings) -> in the section Performance click on "Settings..." button -> in the custom list of Visual Effects uncheck "Enable Aero Peek" -> click "Apply" button
Now the alt-tab window will stay afloat as long as you want.
I recently starting having this problem.
In my case, I've narrowed it down to the Windows Gadgets (i.e. sidebar.exe). Once I closed all my gadgets, the problem went away; alternatively, when I killed sidebar.exe, the problem went away.
Hi,
Welcome to Microsoft answers.
Which version of Windows7 are you running ?
I suggest you to update your display drivers, goto manufacturers website and download the latest drivers and install.
Also check use aeropeak to preview desktop, follow these steps:
Let us know if you have any issues.
Thanks and Regards,
Azam - Microsoft Support.
OK. I think I have the answer...I logged on to my computer with a different account and did not see the same Alt-tab problems I had before. Assuming this was a profile issue, I logged in as an admin and deleted my profile (My Computer|Properties|Advanced System Settings|User Profiles|Settings). I logged back in and don't have the alt-tab problem anymore. You will end up losing a lot of your settings and don't forget to back up your desktop and Favorites, but, it works.
I would like to hear if this fixes the problem for anyone else.
Just to throw a wrench into the system . . .
I am having the intermittent problem of the Alt-tab window quickly disappearing that some have described. As with others, this problem has appeared over time, and sometimes works properly. The catch is that, in my case, it has nothing to do with any of the issues identified in this thread:
No gadgets are installed, and Sidebar.exe is NOT running (verified in Task Manager).
I am using IE8, and have Never had IE9 installed.
I do not have Intellipoint running nor is it installed (although, coincidentally, windows update actually tried to install it since I started reading this thread).
I am seeing some things that have not been described here - am wondering whether they are common to others - here is an example:
I currently have 17 windows open, and if I Alt-tab from this screen (Firefox), it will consistently exhibit the behavior. If I alt-tab while on the Adobe Reader screen, it works correctly Every Time. Ten minutes ago, the same could be said about the Firefox window - alt-tab worked correctly whenever the FF window was in front. Now it never works correctly with FF in front - the one difference that I can think of is that some other windows have been closed in the meantime. BUT, there is still a difference in functionality when doing alt-tab from the FF screen - it takes significantly longer for the alt-tab screen to disappear (maybe 1/2 second) than when doing alt-tab from other windows (about 1/10 second).
