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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.
Well, you're lucky, updating the graphics driver didn't work for me. Which graphics card do you have?
I've updated almost every driver on my system (graphics, sound, network, touchpad), I've removed every program that was pre-installed by Dell (I have a Dell Studio XPS 1647), and I even did a BIOS update, but the result is always the same: Alt-Tab not on top. I also have no IntelliPoint or ThinkVantage Communications Utility installed, which was described by some others here to be the reason for this strange Alt-Tab behavior. The only solution which works reliably on my computer is either closing all sidebar gadgets or uninstalling the IE9 update. With IE9 removed it works fine, even with sidebar gadgets.
So, I really tried everything that was suggested by others to help, but Alt-Tab is still broken. It would really be nice to know if Microsoft is aware of this very annoying problem and trying to fix it. I mean, even if it is a driver problem and not IE9, I could not find the driver responsible for it, and I won't be able to find it without support from here.
