How to disable Taskbar Thumbnail preview in Windows 8 ?
When I hover my mouse cursor over a running application's button in the taskbar, small windows appear showing the contents of the open program. How can I disable that? I find it quite annoying.
Solution 1:
On Windows 8.1 you can get rid of it with these settings:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband]
"NumThumbnails"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ExtendedUIHoverTime"=dword:41fffffe
Import them and restart Explorer. See here.
Solution 2:
A few options (I've only tested option 4):
Option 1: (I haven't tested this one)
Click on Start button and type RegEdit in Instant Search text box, then hit Enter.
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In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Note: If Explorer registry sub-key does not exist, then right click on Policies and click New -> Key and name it as “Explorer”.
In the right pane, right click and select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Type
TaskbarNoThumbnail
as the name for the new registry value data.Double click on
TaskbarNoThumbnail
to modify its value data.Type 1 and click on OK.
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Restart computer if needed.
To re-enable Taskbar thumbnails again, just right click on TaskbarNoThumbnail and click Delete to remove the whole registry key, or set TaskbarNoThumbnail value data to 0.
Option 2 and 3:
Install 7+ Taskbar Tweaker 4.5 - This does work on Win 8.1
In the Hovering section, check the box 'nothing'
Install Taskbar Thumbnails Tuner - According to one person who commented on this page (jonesy), it works in Windows 8.1, but I haven't tested.
At the bottom, check the 'Disable thumbnails' box
Option 4: (I've tested this one)
- Open Control Panel > System (in icons view)
- Click Advanced System Settings on the left
- Alternatively, you can just search for (win+w) visual effects
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click Settings in the Performance area (the top area)
- Check the Custom box
- Uncheck the 3rd checkbox - "Animations in the taskbar"
Solution 3:
Do what it shows in the first example, but instead of unchecking "Animations in the Taskbar"; uncheck "Enable Peek" instead.
Solution 4:
This works for me in Windows 8.1
http://winaero.com/download.php?view.27
Nothing else suggested worked