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
    2009-11-08T16:50:12+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

    Do you still use the DWord value if you have 64bit system? As it says DWord is 32bit. And the 20000 is a decimal value I assume, instead of hex.

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-11-19T20:16:06+00:00

    thanks for the help!

    it just amazes me that even though people hate pop-ups, Microsoft wouldn't include an EASY method of disabling them.  if people don't like pop-ups in their web browsers, why on earth would they like them in their OPERATING SYSTEM????

    thanks again for the help.  but it won't be much longer before i give up on Microsoft altogether....

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-11-29T05:13:33+00:00

    thanks for the help!

    it just amazes me that even though people hate pop-ups, Microsoft wouldn't include an EASY method of disabling them.  if people don't like pop-ups in their web browsers, why on earth would they like them in their OPERATING SYSTEM????

    thanks again for the help.  but it won't be much longer before i give up on Microsoft altogether....

    Telum (and others),

    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:

    1. Click on Start button and type GPEdit.msc in Instant Search text box, then hit Enter.
    2. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar in left pane of Local Group Policy Editor.
    3. Locate and double click on Turn off taskbar thumbnails in right pane of Local Group Policy editor.
    4. Select Enabled radio button.
    5. Click OK to make the change effective.
    6. Logoff and logon again or restart computer if needed.
    7. To re-enable Taskbar preview feature in Windows 7, just set the value to Disabled or Not Configured.

    VP Tech Services

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