Windows 10: Why do hover window previews for Edge appear opposite of the window they are located?

Discus and support Why do hover window previews for Edge appear opposite of the window they are located? in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; When you hover over Edge's icon in the taskbar, with two windows open, why does the preview appear on the wrong side? As you can see in my screenshot,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by OCal88, Jun 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM.

  1. OCal88 Win User

    Why do hover window previews for Edge appear opposite of the window they are located?


    When you hover over Edge's icon in the taskbar, with two windows open, why does the preview appear on the wrong side? As you can see in my screenshot, the pink window with the butterfly is on the right monitor, however, in the preview it shows to the left of the other window. It's not a big deal, but it is annoying because I'll click the wrong preview expecting it to open on the monitor it shows its on.

    :)
     
  2. Vwake123 Win User

    No Task Bar (hovering) preview, no peeking, no full screen is on hovering over and clicking

    When there is no window opened, hovering over taskbar app icons, a preview is shown, but on hovering over preview no full window is opened, and no peeking is done, and also clicking on that small preview, no window opened.

    1. And whenever there is a window is opened then hovering over taskbar icons doesn't gives any preview of the window.
    2. But it still opens window, on just clicking on task bar icons ( i.e. working fine ).

    And when two windows of any app is being opened and if minimized any of them then you can not maximise that minimized window...???

    • And when both windows of same app is being minimized then hovering over task bar icon of that app still shows those two previews, but clicking on any preview doesn't provide anything, and thus it all means after minimizing those two window of that app you
      can not recover any of the window.
    Basically the problem is I'm not able to open window ( or make full ) from any task bar preview and the First (1.) one also of first paragraph.
     
  3. Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


    Follow either of these steps to fix the issue with the Active window hiding behind.

    Method 1:
    I suggest you to disable window by hovering over it with the mouse and check if it helps. To do so I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it helps:

    1. Press Windows key + X key and click on Control Panel.
    2. Select or click Ease of Access.
    3. Click or tap onEase of Access Centre.
    4. Click on Make the Mouse Easier to Use was uncheck Activate Window by hovering over it with the mouse.
    5. Check if issue is resolved.
    Method 2:
    I would suggest you to completely uninstall the touchpad driver and reinstall it. Kindly follow the below given steps.

    1. Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Device Manager”.
    2. In the list of devices, you should see the touchpad drivers.
    3. Right click on the device and then select "Uninstall".
    4. In the uninstall dialog, make sure you select the option to delete the driver package from the system. This causes the driver package installed earlier to be deleted.
    5. In the Action menu of Device manager, select “Scan for Hardware changes” option. This will cause the device driver to be reinstalled. Once the driver is installed, close all windows and restart the computer.
     
  4. csatennis Win User

    Why do hover window previews for Edge appear opposite of the window they are located?

    Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


    I have been trying to fix this for months. Your solution Method 1 seemed to work. THANK YOU!!!!

     
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