Aero Peek is a feature that'south been available in Windows since Windows 7, and is on past default (except in Windows viii). It allows you to temporarily peek at the desktop behind any open up program windows.

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To use Aero Peek, move your mouse over the Show Desktop button on the far right side of the Taskbar. After a moment, all the open program windows become transparent and you can see your desktop. Motility your mouse away from the Show Desktop button to encounter your program windows over again.

If you don't want to use Aero Peek, it can easily exist disabled in several ways. The procedures to disable Aero Peek are the same in Windows vii, 8, and 10, except where noted. The Show Desktop push button is very narrow and hard to see in Windows 8 and 10, but if you merely make sure to move your mouse to the extreme correct side of the Taskbar, Aero Peek will work. Annotation that, in Windows eight, moving your mouse to the farthermost correct side of the Taskbar also brings upwards 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 Show Desktop button, and then select "Peek at desktop" from the popup menu. When Aero Peek is off, in that location should be no check mark next to the Peek at desktop option.

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

You can also disable Aero Peek from the Taskbar Settings. Simply right-click on the Taskbar and select "Settings" from the popup carte du jour in Windows 10 or "Backdrop" in Windows 7 and viii.

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

On Windows 7, this will look slightly different, simply a similar option is available at the bottom of the window. On Windows 8, the same option bachelor in Windows 10'southward Settings is available on the Taskbar tab.

How to Enable Aero Peek if the Pick Is Greyed Out

If Aero Peek is off and you want to enable it, but the option is grayed out, that means Aero Peek is disabled in the Arrangement Backdrop. To enable it in that location, press Windows+R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box. So, enter sysdm.cpl in the "Open" box and click the "OK" button or printing Enter.

On the System Properties dialog box, click the "Advanced" tab.

Click the "Settings" button in the Performance section.

On the Visual Effects tab, bank check the "Enable Peek" box in Windows 10 ("Enable Aero Peek" in Windows seven) to enable the Aero Peek feature and make the choice available again.

Click the "OK" button on the Performance Options dialog box and then click the "OK" button on the System Properties dialog box.

Now y'all can enable Aero Peek by turning on or checking one of the same options that we previously used to disable Aero Peek.