Windows 10: Can't turn off taskbar thumbnail previews in Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

I've unchecked Enable Peek under Performance Options Visual Effects. But I still see thumbnails of my applications when I hover over them on the taskbar.


I have:

1. Press WINDOWS + R

2. Type "gpedit.msc" without quotes and press ENTER
3. Click "Administrative Templates" under "User Configuration"
4. Click "Start and taskbar"
5. Double click "Disable taskbar previews"
6. Click "Enable"
7. Click "Apply"
8. Reboot

I have:

1. Open Registry Editor by running regedit command.

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

3. In the right pane, find or create registry QWORD named DisablePreviewWindow.

4. Double click on it and set its Value data to 1.


I have:

1. Open Registry Editor by running regedit command.

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

3. In the right pane, find or create registry DWORD named DisablePreviewWindow.

4. Double click on it and set its Value data to 1.



Yet, I still can't disable the thumbnail preview.

:)

 

Turn off taskbar thumbnail previews in Windows 10 Pro?

Sorry, newbie question....I just migrated to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and I don't like the behavior of Windows 10 where when you hover over a taskbar app at the bottom of the screen, it gives you a thumbnail preview of any open windows in the apps.

I prefer the previous behavior of Windows 7, where you got a *text list* of the open windows for each app, but not a thumbnail for each app.

I found a supposed fix online at: Turn Off Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows 7/8/10 .

The fix was called "Turn Off Taskbar Thumbnail Previews in Windows 7/8/10"

I followed the instructions to disable taskbar previews in group policy, and I found the correct setting to toggle, but even after rebooting the machine, it didn't seem to work.

Any ideas?

Using Windows 10 Pro.

Thanks.

 

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You need to create ExtendedUIHoverTime and set the Value to 30000. This will stop the thumbnail previews from showing up.

Full tutorial here:

http://www.epictuts.com/turn-off-taskbar-thumbnail-previews-windows-10/

 

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