Aero Peek is a feature that's been bachelor in Windows since Windows vii, and is on by default (except in Windows 8). Information technology allows you to temporarily peek at the desktop behind whatsoever open plan windows.

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To use Aero Peek, move your mouse over the Testify Desktop button on the far right side of the Taskbar. After a moment, all the open up program windows go transparent and you tin can see your desktop. Move your mouse away from the Show Desktop button to see your program windows once more.

If you don't want to use Aero Peek, information technology can easily exist disabled in several ways. The procedures to disable Aero Peek are the same in Windows 7, 8, and x, except where noted. The Show Desktop push is very narrow and difficult to see in Windows 8 and 10, but if you just make certain to motility your mouse to the extreme right side of the Taskbar, Aero Peek will work. Note that, in Windows eight, moving your mouse to the extreme right side of the Taskbar also brings upwardly the Charms bar.

How to Disable Aero Peek

The quickest way to disable Aero Peek is to move your mouse to the far right side of the Taskbar, right-click on the Prove Desktop button, and and then select "Peek at desktop" from the popup bill of fare. When Aero Peek is off, in that location should be no check mark adjacent to the Peek at desktop selection.

If the "Peek at desktop" option is grayed out, Aero Peek is off, even if the choice is checked. For information on making this pick available once more, come across the "How to Disable and Enable Aero Peek in Organisation Properties" section beneath.

You can besides disable Aero Peek from the Taskbar Settings. Simply right-click on the Taskbar and select "Settings" from the popup menu in Windows 10 or "Properties" in Windows 7 and 8.

On the Taskbar settings screen, click the "Use Peek to preview the desktop when you movement your mouse to the Show desktop button at the cease of the taskbar" slider button so it turns white and reads Off.

On Windows 7, this volition look slightly different, but a like selection is available at the bottom of the window. On Windows 8, the same choice available in Windows 10's Settings is available on the Taskbar tab.

How to Enable Aero Peek if the Option Is Greyed Out

If Aero Peek is off and yous desire to enable it, merely the pick is grayed out, that means Aero Peek is disabled in the System Backdrop. To enable it there, printing Windows+R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box. Then, enter sysdm.cpl in the "Open" box and click the "OK" push button or press Enter.

On the Organisation Properties dialog box, click the "Avant-garde" tab.

Click the "Settings" button in the Operation department.

On the Visual Effects tab, check the "Enable Peek" box in Windows 10 ("Enable Aero Peek" in Windows 7) to enable the Aero Peek characteristic and make the option available again.

Click the "OK" push button on the Operation Options dialog box and so click the "OK" push on the Arrangement Properties dialog box.

Now you can enable Aero Peek past turning on or checking one of the aforementioned options that we previously used to disable Aero Peek.