Questions tagged [aero-peek]

Aero Peek is a Windows Seven feature that gives the user the experience to see through other open windows on the Windows 7 desktop.

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How can I completely disable Aero Peek?

I'm looking for a way to completely disable Aero Peek, at least this is what I think this feature is called, in Windows 10. I tried TaskbarThumbsTuner but it didn't do what I was looking for. When I ...
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Aero Peek not working when hovering over taskbar icon

I don't know how to explain this in words clearly, but my Windows 7 computer used to be able to show only a particular window if I hovered my mouse on the Taskbar. However, I don't know if I set ...
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How do disable Win 7 show desktop feature (when mouse is in the lower right corner)

My Win 7 is installed on my laptop. When I use my mouse I am not always on a flat surface (ie on a couch or something like that) when I let go of my mouse to type it often moves a bit. When it does ...
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Windows 10: Disable Desktop Peek on hover over taskbar thumbnail

Since Windows 7, there's an option to "Peek" at the desktop (overlayed by outlines of opened Windows) when you hover over a thumbnail produced by a Taskbar icon. On a Windows 10 device, i need to ...
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How can I increase the width of the Show Desktop button in Windows 7/8/8.1/10?

I'm using Windows 8.1 on a Surface Pro 2, and my Show Desktop button is 8 pixels wide (that's not even a millimeter), making it near unusable with touch, and even difficult with the mouse. I have the ...
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Windows 7 Aero Peek Suddenly Stopped Working

Let me preface: Don't think this exact question has been asked/answered. When I tried adding to a related thread, asking for help, my post was deleted within minutes! Not giving me much of a play ...
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Aero-Peek during Alt-Tab Not Working

I have recently set up a new install of Windows 7 and I have just noticed that when alt-tabbing I am not getting Aero-Peek previews as I am accustomed. I have checked to make sure that aero-peek is ...
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Windows 7 Aero Taskbar previews not working (no hover/click)

I don't know what's wrong or if it's a bug from a recent update but the aero taskbar previews stopped working, I can see the previews but they are unclickable, I can't switch a window through the ...
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Windows 7 alt-tab window disappears to back when aero peek is enabled

There is a strange bug with Aero Peek and Alt-Tab where the Alt-Tab window itself is sent all of the way to the back, and is obscured by whatever window may be being previewed in front of it. While it ...
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Missing services for Aero Glass on Windows 10? [duplicate]

As suggested in this thread http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-desktop/windows-color-and-appearance-no-aero/ada52f54-8a09-4c5a-95ba-05dc9375fd9a I tried to locate Desktop ...
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Taskbar aeropeek preview and Alt-Tab auto close on Windows 7 [duplicate]

I wanted to reply to the following thread: taskbar icon preview (and Alt+Tab icon preview) disappears quickly But I am not allowed to. So I am created another here to share my experience. First, the ...
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Windows 7 Alt+Tab transparent windows effect delay

In windows 7 when browsing through the alt+tab thumbnails, lingering on one thumbnail for a second will engage the Aero-Peek effect causing every window to be transparent except for the chosen window. ...
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Windows 8.1 - "Show Desktop" rectangle has disappeared from taskbar

My "Show Desktop" button, the vertical rectangle at the far right of my taskbar, has completely disappeared--it was there, now it's not. My taskbar now just ends abruptly with the time/date info, and ...
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What is the point of Aero Peek?

Basically, see the title of this question. By Aero Peek, I am in this case referring to the 'hover' effect you get when you move to the rightbottom of the taskbar area, the 'Show Desktop' button ...
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Aero Peek on multiple monitors

I have two 27" monitors, my main one is the one on the left and this has the notification area, time/date and the the Aero Peek button on the bottom most right. I want the second monitor to also ...
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Mirror drivers don't support Aero effects

I can't enable Aero effects on Windows 7 Enterprise edition. I'm at a loss of how to enable it. Thanks for the help! Let me know whether I could include anything else which would be helpful! Here are ...
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How to change delay time for Aero Peek?

The Aero Peek feature is incredibly useful for me, but I want it to happen more quickly. This question (answered by KronoS) tells how to change the delay time before the popups occur when hovering ...
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Is there a way to toggle Aero Peek after a certain amount of inactivity (like a screensaver) in Windows 7?

I'm basically looking for Aero Peek style functionality that triggers after a certain period of inactivity. Is there any way of achieving this?
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Windows 7 taskbar bug

I installed Advanced System Care to try to change my settings for Aero Peek. Now I have this rendering bug in my taskbar. I can't seem to undo the changes I've made and I get this every time - how ...
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How to Force Aero Peek to Stay Up

Let's say I have a video running in an application. If I hover my mouse over the taskbar, it shows a little popup windows that diplays the video (aero peek). Sometimes I'm running a maximized ...
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when clicking an item on the taskbar it is always selected no aero peek

I have a problem the result is aero peek is not working , but it is enabled the problem is when I click any item in the taskbar it is always selected so when I hover no aero peek because it is ...
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How to disable Aero Peek during Alt+Tab?

Aero Peek is a nice feature generally but I find it very annoying during Alt+Tabbing (peek windows hiding the switch dialog, it doesn't really work on multiple monitors etc.). Is there a way to ...