Increases taskbar thumbnail preview speed [Windows 7 Registry Hack]

One of the new characteristics Operating system Windows 7, it is possible to preview in icons the applications open in the taskbar (taskbar application thumbnails). If you have three open tab-s in Internet Explorer, it is enough to move the mouse cursor over the icon IESite of taskbar and wait about a second to open previous tabs.

taskbar-thumbnail

This opened the waiting time until thumbnailFor some users it may be too small or too large. time Seat default is 400 msBut it can be easily modified registry (regedit).

Here are the steps that must be followed to be able to change the preview time of the applications open in the taskbar.

1. Open the register editor of windowsacquis. (Start -> Run -> regedit)

2. In the left navigation bar of the editor, go to: HKEY_Current_USERControl PanelMouse

3. In the list of registers, double-click on “MouseHoverTime", And the dialog box that will open, under"Time Value”You have the option to change the waiting time.

Registry-Editor

After you click one restart the computer you'll see the effect of this change. Recommended time for MouseHoverTime is between 30 si 2000. Not advise anyone to try value 0 for this option.

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