Windows 10: Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10

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  1. Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10


    How to: Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10

    How to Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10


    When you press ALT+TAB or CTRL+ALT+TAB to switch between open windows in Windows 10, any windows in the background of ALT+TAB will show by default.

    This tutorial will show you how to hide or show windows in the background of ALT+TAB for your account in Windows 10.

    *note The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MultitaskingView\AltTabViewHost

    Wallpaper DWORD

    (delete) = Show
    1= Hide


    EXAMPLE: Hide or Show ALT+TAB background windows

    Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10 [​IMG]




    Here's How:

    1. Do step 2 (show) or step 3 (hide) below for what you would like to do.


    2. To Show ALT+TAB Background Windows
    *note This is the default setting.
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Show_Alt+Tab_background_windows.reg

    Download

    3. To Hide ALT+TAB Background Windows
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Hide_Alt+Tab_background_windows.reg

    Download
    4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

    5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

    6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

    7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


    That's it,
    Shawn


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    alphanumeric, Apr 4, 2018
    #1
  2. Edwin Win User

    Hide program icon and its name when alt+tab

    There's a whole whack these tweaks you can do,
    show Wallpaper or Windows and Wallpaper behind,
    dim the Background or not...


    Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10 [​IMG]


    The instructions and an extensive list can be found Here
     
    Edwin, Oct 26, 2019
    #2
  3. das10 Win User
    das10, Oct 26, 2019
    #3
  4. xorbe Win User

    Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10

    What is the "magic" of alt+tab?

    I noticed alt-tabbing out of and back into Heaven lowers the benchmark result by 10% or so, which bugs me. Windows ...
     
    xorbe, Oct 26, 2019
    #4
  5. mrhuggles Win User
    alt + tab not working

    i always just use the windows key to get back to the desktop [pops up the start dealy, doesn't need anything to alt+tab to]
     
    mrhuggles, Oct 26, 2019
    #5
  6. alt + tab not working

    *Confused Hide or Show ALT+TAB Background Windows in Windows 10 :confused: I can alt tab back even if i don't have another program to switch too.
     
    spearman914, Oct 26, 2019
    #6
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