Turn off taskbar thumbnails

Supported on: Windows Vista only

Registry

HKCU Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value name: TaskbarNoThumbnail

Enabled: TaskbarNoThumbnail = 1

Disabled: TaskbarNoThumbnail = 0

Description

This policy setting allows you to turn off taskbar thumbnails. If you enable this policy setting, the taskbar thumbnails are not displayed and the system uses standard text for the tooltips. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the taskbar thumbnails are displayed.