Techno-muffin » aero-peak http://www.nighthaunter.dk/blog Magrathea! It's Magrathea! Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:41:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Handy Windows 7 tweaks http://www.nighthaunter.dk/blog/2010/03/20/handy-windows-7-tweaks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=handy-windows-7-tweaks http://www.nighthaunter.dk/blog/2010/03/20/handy-windows-7-tweaks/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:16:44 +0000 admin http://www.nighthaunter.dk/blog/?p=245 Windows 7 Logo

I just stumbled upon some cool W7 tweaks on SevenForums and figured I'd post them here.

The first one is a tweak to change the hover delay on Aero Peak/thumbnail previews in the taskbar. The original link is here, but I've written a resume here.

  • Open regedit.
  • Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced"
  • Right-click and create a new DWORD called "ExtendedUIHoverTime".
  • Choose decimal and enter a time in milliseconds. I've chosen 200 and that works out fine.
  • Close regedit and restart explorer either by terminating and restarting the proces or logging out/in/restarting the computer


    • The next one also concerns the taskbar. It's a tweak to enable easy cycling through previews by clicking on the taskbar icon. Copy+pasta:

  • Launch regedit.exe (Win+R, then paste regedit.exe)
  • Navigate in the left tree control to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
  • Go to Edit->New->DWORD (32-bit) Value
  • Name the value LastActiveClick
  • Hit enter to assign the value and change it to 1
  • Restart Explorer and you're good to go.


    • My last tweak for you is really awesome. By creating transparent shortcuts in the taskbar you can group items in an easy way. Go to LifeHacker and find out how.

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