How do you disable miniature pop-up windows when hovering over icons in taskbar?

Anonymous
2009-11-17T20:57:10+00:00

Attempting to disable "small windows" that pop up when you mouse over icons in taskbar. Annoying me. They could be disabled in vista, but can't figure out how in W7. afraid i'm stuck with them. when i personalise and chose windows basic screen, "windows" become picture of icon. better, but still not good.

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Anonymous
2013-11-03T07:27:06+00:00

Method 1: is not available in Windows 7 Home Premium , only in the Pro version. And I could not find any registry value that would match the gpedit.msc corresponding option.

Method 2: works on my system. Without "ExtendedUIHoverTime" registry entry:

With "ExtendedUIHoverTime" registry entry:

So it prevents (for the number of milliseconds specified) the pop up of the taskbar thumbnail, but does not remove the additional (!) pop up (text box black on white) I guess known as "taskbar icon name".

After hours of investigation on the Internet, the only efficient solution I could find is indeed this light program that also brings lots of additional functionalities. It works also on Windows 8.1, does not change anything to the regular registry (quoting FAQ -> "The only registry keys the tweaker modifies are it’s own settings. There are no registry keys for the options it provides. The tweaker does that by injecting a DLL to explorer, hooking/subclassing/some other methods of the dark side.")

http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker

I now use it, no more registry manual manipulations ("ExtendedUIHoverTime" registry entry removed),  I love it.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-09-09T23:19:59+00:00

    The Group Policy Editor indicates the disable will only work on Windows Vista, not Windows 7. Any suggestions on how to disable taskbar thumbnail on Windows 7 Pro version?

    Hi

    The Taskbar Thumbnails are an integrated part of the Aero Interface. The best way to disable them is to use either the Windows 7 Basic or Classic Theme.

    Regards,

    Thank You for using Windows 7

    Ronnie Vernon MVP

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-09-09T21:14:03+00:00

    I tried both of these methods and like most of the people here it didn't seem to work for me.

    But now, hours later, it's working fine.  I don't know if it takes a while or I just rebooted sometime or what.  So just wait and/or reboot; that might help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-09-02T21:32:45+00:00

    The Group Policy Editor indicates the disable will only work on Windows Vista, not Windows 7. Any suggestions on how to disable taskbar thumbnail on Windows 7 Pro version?

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-08-31T22:22:32+00:00

    also having this problem. Method one is ineffective, and I would like to see the boxed description when i hover over items, not nothing while my unwanted thumbnail is being delayed

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