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
    2011-08-13T18:46:57+00:00

    This is a "Windows Vista Only" setting, not applicable for Windows 7 since the Pre-release/Beta version.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-28T12:15:54+00:00

    Ross - This doesn't work for Windows 7 - not since the RC1, and not on ANY machine.  That method is now only for Vista, and it clearly says it only works for Vista.

    Shutting off the taskpar preview thumbnails while retaining the rest of the Aero Interface has never been possible in the released versions of Windows 7.  Unless you want to use a third party product.

    I couldn't agree more with the earlier comment that if people never want a pop-up in their browser, why would anyone think we want them on our desktop?

    IMHO, I think Microsoft could use fewer H1-B visas and start removing this kind of bling from their latest products.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-09-28T12:43:06+00:00

    But Ken, Vista and Windows 7 are not overwhelming the marketplace* simply because of these "features".  I'm not interface centric, but only recently switched from XP to Windows 7 and - as a sole proprietor developer - can list a dozen "features" in addition to a useless pop-up that slow me down significantly.  Taskbar icons that display where they feel like showing-up rather than in some relation to when I opened the program forcing me to search for them, having to go back into the start menu to open a second browser window, a Windows Explorer that insists on making me click several times to display my documents, a Windows Explorer that decides to give me details when I need a list and thumbnails when I need details, a Start Menu that lists items first, and folders last, a Start Menu that is slow to respond when I want to see All Programs, a control panel that hides the settings that I most have to use unless I type them into the search box, search boxes in general...  Arr-rgh!

    Comments here and elsewhere are not a prejudice against the new, they are a prejudice against "features" that interfere with how we interact with a computer in a professional development environment and against "features" that make us less productive.

    Sure, I can still do everything I need to do and that I used to do with the XP system, but it takes two or three steps to get to where I can do them.  I'm a small business owner, Ken, every minute it takes me to have to tunnel into this system to change this or tweak that takes money out of my pocket.

    And it won't matter how long I use this system and interface, Ken, just the things on this short list of stuff that wasn't well thought-out will still require more work and more time in Vista and Windows 7 than it ever took any of us to do them with XP.  There is no way to shorten the paths.

    * Global analytics on the WWW show that the #1 operating system hitting websites remains Windows XP, and Windows XP use continues to exceed the combined total use of Vista and Windows 7.  I suggest the real prejudice here might be "Microsoft says so" regardless of what the marketplace is saying back.

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