Windows 10: Hovering on taskbar icons doesn't give preview

When I hover my cursor over the app icons on the taskbar, the preview doesn't show up anymore. Earlier there used to be a small window preview. If I had multiple browser windows open, there used to be multiple previews to select from. Suddenly this feature vanished. I'm using Windows 11.

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Windows 10 taskbar app icon not showing preview (Taskbar Hover preview)

Hi,I found that when I hovered my mouse pointer over the app icons on taskbar. Windows didn't show a preview (a small window above the app icon) of the apps like it used to. I am wondering how to fix this?

thanks

Original title: Windows 10 taskbar app icon not showing preview

 

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.

 

Mouse hover preview not showing when on browser and other apps which do not fully take up the taskbar. Win. 11

Hey Gamer. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

What is meant by "preview not showing when on browser and other apps which do not fully take up the taskbar?"

Here are all fixes for mouse hover/taskbar thumbnail previews in Windows 11:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-mouse-hov...

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https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2165453-...

https://gearupwindows.com/taskbar-thumbnail-pre...

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/hover-p...

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/126722-enab...



Report back results for each step so I know what else to suggest.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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