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Animation on Taskbar Gone. Animation preview on taskbar not working at all. what do I do?

#1 Freddie3782

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Posted 18 March 2009 - 04:52 PM

Don't know if thats what its called. When I first bought the computer vista would show me a small preview from the taskbar on the bottom. Then one day it just stop doing this. Does anyone know how to get that back? I also have Rocketdock installed and minimizes to the dock now. but I rather have the animation on the task bar when I drag the mouse and have a tiny window pop up with the preview of the window?
Can any one help?
Any information is helpful.
Thanks :huh:

#2 boopme

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Posted 18 March 2009 - 07:16 PM

Hi, if that application hasn't altered it the this should work'
Right click on an empty area of the Taskbar
Choose Properties
Then, make sure to check the option titled Show window previews (thumbnails).

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#3 Freddie3782

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Posted 18 March 2009 - 07:35 PM

tried that when I read your reply. but when I went to properties, that box cannot be checked, its there. its just off or inactive or just not letting me place a check mark on it. Can I access it elsewhere?

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Posted 18 March 2009 - 08:47 PM

As this application appears to mimic the Vista function. Perhaps it is overiding it.
Try this. Disable the Dock
You can hide RocketDock and stop it from rendering completely by pressing Control+Alt+R. Press it again to make RocketDock appear.

See if the Show window previews functionality returns.