How to disable taskbar previews

Lamberto Vitali · Sep 27, 2023

How do I get rid of this nonsense?

Randomly I either get a thumbnail or a piece of text appearing when I put my mouse over a taskbar button. It's often in the way of what I'm reading. I've tried all sorts of settings and registry changes but they will not go away. I can't even make one disappear, I have to make one appear further along the taskbar where it isn't in the way.

I really detest computers making assumptions. Until I click, take no action! My mouse has to sit somewhere! Every part of the screen does something nowadays.

Edwin · Sep 27, 2023

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse>MouseHoverTime

Change MouseHoverTime to a value way higher, default is 400ms

Restart machine.

Berton · Sep 27, 2023

I get that hover feature only with programs that are open and in focus or behind what is in focus, otherwise it's just the name of the program the icon is associated with.

antspants · Sep 27, 2023

Edwin said:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse>MouseHoverTime

Change MouseHoverTime to a value way higher, default is 400ms

Restart machine.

This saved me a while ago, from throwing my mouse at my monitor.

Lamberto Vitali · Sep 27, 2023

Edwin said:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse>MouseHoverTime

Change MouseHoverTime to a value way higher, default is 400ms

Restart machine.

I'll try it again, but I've done that before, only to find no change. Usually when I go look in there it's still set really high, but this time it's not only ignored it but reset it back to 400! It's impossible to test if it's worked, since it sometimes does it and sometimes not.

Berton said:
I get that hover feature only with programs that are open and in focus or behind what is in focus, otherwise it's just the name of the program the icon is associated with.

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It's also doing it for minimised programs for me. The choice of text or thumbnail is totally random.

I guess the reason for it is people like you who for some reason have tiny icons without words and might forget what the program is.

And how do you know which of those are running? Your setup looks like a Mac.

Lamberto Vitali · Sep 27, 2023

antspants said:
This saved me a while ago, from throwing my mouse at my monitor.

My cat does that for me, when it's not delaminating the LCD with urine.

antspants · Sep 27, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
My cat does that for me, when it's not delaminating the LCD with urine.

Lmfao

antspants · Sep 27, 2023

Enable or Disable Peek in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Peek for your account in Windows 11. Peek (aka: Aero Peek) is the feature responsible for Peek at desktop and taskbar thumbnail live previews. Peek at desktop has been removed from the Show Desktop button on the taskbar in Windows 11, but...

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Berton · Sep 27, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
It's also doing it for minimised programs for me

Minimized is still open.

And how do you know which of those are running? Your setup looks like a Mac.

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Whichever is open is signified by the blue bar under the icon. And not quite like a Mac OS X as mine didn't have the Widgets at the left end of the Taskbar or the Notification Area [previously System Tray] at the right end of the Taskbar.

Lamberto Vitali · Sep 27, 2023

antspants said:
Enable or Disable Peek in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Peek for your account in Windows 11. Peek (aka: Aero Peek) is the feature responsible for Peek at desktop and taskbar thumbnail live previews. Peek at desktop has been removed from the Show Desktop button on the taskbar in Windows 11, but...

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Thanks, I've turned that off AGAIN, since something re-enabled it.....

Dunno if any of all this will work, since last time it just reduced how often it happened. It feels like I'm fighting a fire with a watering can.

Lamberto Vitali · Sep 27, 2023

Berton said:
Minimized is still open.

Huh? If it wasn't open, there would be nothing to hover over.

Berton said:
Whichever is open is signified by the blue bar under the icon.

Not obvious enough. It's very clear on my machine what I'm running. They all have a full sized button, even including the name of the document.

I start things with.... the start menu! Which is why it's so named.

Berton said:
And not quite like a Mac OS X as mine didn't have the Widgets at the left end of the Taskbar or the Notification Area [previously System Tray] at the right end of the Taskbar.

Windows defaults to looking like a Mac, you've disabled those widgets. Why does MS copy the nonsense Apple creates?

Berton · Sep 27, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
nd how do you know which of those are running? Your setup looks like a Mac.

So?

Lamberto Vitali said:
Why does MS copy the nonsense Apple creates?

Simple, called competition. And also there may be lots of Users we don't know about requesting such a change. There's also some versions of Linux doing the same.

Brink · Sep 27, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
How do I get rid of this nonsense?

Randomly I either get a thumbnail or a piece of text appearing when I put my mouse over a taskbar button. It's often in the way of what I'm reading. I've tried all sorts of settings and registry changes but they will not go away. I can't even make one disappear, I have to make one appear further along the taskbar where it isn't in the way.

I really detest computers making assumptions. Until I click, take no action! My mouse has to sit somewhere! Every part of the screen does something nowadays.

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Hello,

You can use the method in the tutorial below to set a high value for the ExtendedUIHoverTime DWORD to effectively disable taskbar thumbnail previews.

Change Hover Time to Show Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to change the hover delay time to show taskbar thumbnail previews for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The taskbar is a horizontal bar at the bottom of your desktop in Windows 11 that shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File...

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antspants · Sep 27, 2023

Lamberto Vitali said:
It feels like I'm fighting a fire with a watering can.

Fight the good fight!

Lamberto Vitali · Sep 27, 2023

Berton said:
So?

So I use Windows because I don't want a child's toy.

Berton said:
Simple, called competition. And also there may be lots of Users we don't know about requesting such a change. There's also some versions of Linux doing the same.

How does copying the competition help? You should outdo the competition. Make it different.

Brink said:
Hello,

You can use the method in the tutorial below to set a high value for the ExtendedUIHoverTime DWORD to effectively disable taskbar thumbnail previews.

Change Hover Time to Show Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to change the hover delay time to show taskbar thumbnail previews for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The taskbar is a horizontal bar at the bottom of your desktop in Windows 11 that shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File...

www.elevenforum.com

Thanks, I've increased that aswell. I remember doing all these in the past, an update must have reset them all.