Windows 10: How to get rid of preview windows?

Discus and support How to get rid of preview windows? in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; When you click on, say, Firefox, in the start bar it will show you a preview of the window that you have minimized. Is there a way to get it to just... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Alfred001, Feb 13, 2017.

  1. ALFRED001
    Alfred001 Win User

    How to get rid of preview windows?


    When you click on, say, Firefox, in the start bar it will show you a preview of the window that you have minimized. Is there a way to get it to just show the title of the window, as WinXP would have done?

    :)
     
    Alfred001, Feb 13, 2017
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  2. RAMESH SRINIVASAN
    Ramesh Srinivasan Win User

    Want to get rid of thumbnail preview in Windows 10 on combined taskbar icons. Just want path/file names in popup list.

    Try "NumThumbnails". Set it to 1 (as 0 doesn't have any effect in Windows 10) so that if you open more than 1 instance of the
    program, it will list/stack the item when you hover over the taskbar icon, instead of showing the thumbnail image.
     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Feb 13, 2017
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  3. RAMESH SRINIVASAN
    Ramesh Srinivasan Win User
    Want to get rid of thumbnail preview in Windows 10 on combined taskbar icons. Just want path/file names in popup list.

    Glad that helped. I set NumThumbnails to 1 and played with different "MinThumbSizePx" values.. still the title text is truncated. Let's me know if you have any success with that.
     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Feb 13, 2017
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

    How to get rid of preview windows?

    How to get rid of preview windows? [​IMG]

    Reliable free tweaker, easy to find.

    There's no doubt a way in Windows but that's my first thought.
     
    dalchina, Feb 13, 2017
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  5. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Brink, Feb 13, 2017
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  6. ALFRED001
    Alfred001 Win User
    This is a great program!

    Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have the option to do what I'm looking for. I've found a way to disable thumbnails whne I'm hovering over an item on the start menu bar, but when I click on firefox (I have multiple windows open) it still shows me thumbnails instead of showing a list like XP would and there doesn't appear to be an option to change that.
     
    Alfred001, Feb 16, 2017
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  7. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Brink, Feb 16, 2017
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  8. ALFRED001
    Alfred001 Win User

    How to get rid of preview windows?

    Yep, that's it!

    I've run into a problem, tho. In this part:

    Now, I don't have "NumTumbnails," and the NOTE says I should go to New->DWORD (32-bit) Value. If I have 64-bit Windows do I go New->QWORD (64-bit) Value?
     
    Alfred001, Feb 16, 2017
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  9. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Nope. You would want create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it NumThumbnails.
     
    Brink, Feb 16, 2017
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  10. ALFRED001
    Alfred001 Win User
    Thanks!
     
    Alfred001, Feb 16, 2017
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  11. Brink
    Brink New Member
    You're most welcome. *Smile
     
    Brink, Apr 5, 2018
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