How To: Disable Or Turn Off Taskbar Thumbnail Preview Feature In Windows 7

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Category: W7 Performance

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Taskbar Thumbnail Preview is an interesting feature in Windows 7, displays small thumbnail preview of opened window on your taskbar when you hover your mouse on taskbar icons. Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Preview feature actually a resource hog. So it is better to disable this feature on low configuration computers running on Windows 7. For this you can adopt any of the following three methods:

Method 1: Throgh Group Policy Editor:

  • Click on start and type on search bar gpedit.msc and press enter
  • In the opened Group Policy Editor window, navigate to

User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Start Menu and Taskbar

  • Locate “Turn off Taskbar Thumbnails” in right pan of Group policy editor and double click on it.
  • Select Disable click apply and Press ok
  • Now check your Taskbar, it shouldn’t show Thumbnails Preview .

Method 2: Through Desktop Button Bar:

  • Right click on the button bar on the far right end of the Windows Taskbar.
  • To turn off Desktop Preview, unselect Preview desktop on the context menu so that the tick is removed.

Method 3: Through Taskbar and Start Menu Properties:

  • Right click on the Windows 7 Start button and click on Properties, or right click on any empty space on the Taskbar and click on Properties.
  • Go to the Taskbar tab.
  • To Turn Off Desktop Preview, uncheck  the Use Desktop Preview check box.
  • Click on OK.

Note:

  • Taskbar Thumbnail Preview only works when you have Enabled Aero in Windwos 7.

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