How can I disable flashing icons on Windows 7 taskbar?
Solution 1:
Steps to disable flashing icon on Taskbar - Windows 7
- Click the Start icon
- Type in
regedit
- Select regedit from the top of the result
- Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
- Editing
ForegroundFlashCount
- Find
ForegroundFlashCount
- Double click
ForegroundFlashCount
- Replace the value for Value Data with
1
- Find
- Editing
ForegroundLockTimeout
- Find
ForegroundLockTimeout
- Double click
ForegroundLockTimeout
- Replace the value for Value Data with
0
- Find
- Reboot
This is the way to do it without any 3rd-party applications. The steps are in detail steps to help both experienced and non-experienced users. If you want to undo these changes, repeat the steps above using the original values: ForegroundFlashCount
is 7
; ForegroundLockTimeout
is 30d40
.
Disclaimer : You should always backup your registry before editing your registry.