How to disable mouse hover preview for open items in the taskbar items?

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by jineso, Apr 7, 2024.

  1. jineso

    jineso MDL Senior Member

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    Hi,
    I am doing a specific task that requires recording my screen.
    I've two monitors; one is where the screen recording is done, and the other is where I continue doing other work related to the same task.
    During my computer work, the mouse sometimes touches or hovers the items in the taskbar.
    When the mouse cursor hovers, it minimizes the window of the application and makes it disappear, and that screws the screen recording I am doing, so how to altogether disable that behavior?
     
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  2. Dude Guyman

    Dude Guyman MDL Senior Member

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    Also maybe registry setting to delay the hover effect to a really long time?

    I set mine to 3 seconds (dword:00000bb8) just because I find all the pop up stuff annoying. Look at it in regedit to see the actual times better.

    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
    "ExtendedUIHoverTime"=dword:00000bb8
    
    
     
  3. Dude Guyman

    Dude Guyman MDL Senior Member

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    That works for me on LTSC 21H2, for things that have multiple windows open. IE: 1 Firefox window, and 3 notepad files = FF gets a big thumbnail, the Notepads get the list. Still an improvement over individual thumbnail popups though.
    I have "Combine Taskbar Buttons = Never" set though, so it looks a bit different.

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