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
    2010-07-14T13:53:18+00:00

    Already tried that.  Rebooted.  Still the same.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-07-14T06:43:54+00:00

    Hi everlong44

    you can follow my first post in this thread by opening regedit.

    by the way you cannot disable preview , but by doing this will pop up thumbnail preview by delay of time.

    Hope this helps

    Best regards

    Nikhil

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-04-14T04:19:29+00:00

    Nikhil - your are a legend.

    I am an over 50 full-time developer. My eyesight is shot, my immediate term memory is fading and I am getting progressively more dyslexic.

    The last thing I need is popup stuff covering up what I am trying to read while I move the mouse out of the way !

    This little gem of a tip saves me the daily frustration of having to cope with my disabilities whilst trying to manage using a new OS as my primary work tool.

    Thanks so much,

    Mike

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