How do you disable the taskbar preview window pop-ups?

Anonymous
2009-11-08T06:11:28+00:00

how do you completely disable the preview window that pops up when your mouse pointer hovers over an item on the taskbar?

the only thing i've been able to do is turn off the desktop composition option, which turns the preview windows into lists.

i don't want *anything* popping up.  all it does is get in the way!  thanks in advance

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Anonymous
2009-11-08T13:25:16+00:00

Hi telum01

You can set the hover time to a long value

Open Regedit by the use of RUN command or start menu search go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

 there right click on right pane  Create a new DWORD called ExtendedUIHoverTime and set the value to 20000 (that's 20 seconds) or value of your wish..

for that much of seconds it will not pop up..

so by hopefully turned off.

Hope it helps

NIKHIL

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Anonymous
2009-11-09T06:32:22+00:00

Hi Tangency

yes,

the value is in Milli seconds, and has to be a Decimal value. hex character not accepted.

Dword has designed accordingly 32 bit and 64 bit for respective versions.

thanks for understanding

NIKHIL

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-20T02:19:45+00:00

    totally agree.  i would like to request that microsoft stop adding useless and annoying bells and whistles and concentrate on FUNCTIONALITY and CONFIGURABILITY

    FUNCTIONALITY.

    MODDABILITY. 

    key words for the microsoft developer to please keep in mind

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-02-20T02:16:33+00:00

    and the reason this "easy" procedure is not available as a context menu option for the taskbar is..............................????

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-02-07T21:54:26+00:00

    "Taskbar Thumbnails (not called popups) are actually a very important and handy feature for many of us. However, for those who don't agree there IS an "easy way" of disabling them and no need to "hack" the registry..." VP Tech Services

    Easy my ****! You may have designated taskbar preview as a very important feature but why would I want to use my desktop environment the way you do? Why should I adapt to the ever changing 'Microsoft way'. Why can't I right click the taskbar, select properties and turn off this 'feature' if that's what I want/need?

    Personally, I like the addition of this feature, but I resent not having a viable choice for easily turning the feature on and off. For me launching MPEdit is not and issue, however this is not so for many (and all Home) users.

    This is another reason why Linux is so much better than your OS. If I don't like any feature of the Desktop Environment I can simply use another...

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