Policy

Turn off taskbar thumbnails

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.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Policy ID9e7c73f07cc3
Internal nameTaskbarNoThumbnail

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\TaskbarNoThumbnail (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\TaskbarNoThumbnail (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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.

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