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
    2010-02-10T12:12:22+00:00

    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.

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    Hi Ross

    Just to clarify, the policy that you are describing is for Vista only. It has no effect on the Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnails. You can see this (Windows Vista only) in the description of that policy.

    Regards,

    Thank You for using Windows 7

    Ronnie Vernon MVP

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-02-10T11:50:19+00:00

    When I type in GPEdit.msc in the Instant Search box, I'm told that "No items match your search."

    Is it possible that the GPEdit (and other features) are somehow disabled on my machine?  I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on a HP Pavilion desktop.

    Hi MW

    If you have the Home version of Windows 7, the Group Policy Editor (GPEdit.msc) is not available in that version.

    Hope this helps.

    Thank You for using Windows 7

    Ronnie Vernon MVP

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-02-10T04:43:56+00:00

    When I type in GPEdit.msc in the Instant Search box, I'm told that "No items match your search."

    Is it possible that the GPEdit (and other features) are somehow disabled on my machine?  I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on a HP Pavilion desktop.

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