[Tutorial] How-to Speed Aero Peek

[AceInfinity]

When you hover over your taskbar or that desktop button, it will put a clear window over every window except the one you want to view (the one you hovered over, unless you hover over the desktop button on the far bottom right, then it puts transparency over all windows so that you can see straight to your desktop.

If you don't notice changes, restart or log off, then log back in and try.

Here's an example of a reg script I've created to change the desktop preview aero time:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime"=dword:00000001

To change it back:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime"=dword:00000500

Merge one of these with the registry by copying the codes i've provided out into notepad and saving with the .reg file extension.

In the default value, you'll notice "0x000001f4" which just means 500, the default delay time. For some registry modification's though it takes either a log off or a reboot to initiate the changes and for them to take an effect.

If you use the reg file i've provided in the first code block, aero peek will be pretty much instant.