How to enable or disable “Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps” in Windows 11
The “Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps” setting in Windows 11 controls whether a small preview window or quick menu pops up when you place your mouse over a taskbar icon. This feature first arrived in Windows 11 build 22635.4000 to help you see recent files and common actions for open programs without needing to right-click them first.
You can easily turn this hover behavior on or off depending on whether you like seeing those quick pop-up menus while working on your PC.
Open Settings , go to Personalization, then Taskbar, expand Taskbar behaviors, and toggle “Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps.” Alternatively, edit the Windows Registry at Computer\🗝️HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Show or hide hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps
As mentioned, users can enable or disable the “Show hover cards for inactive and pinned apps” on the taskbar in Windows.
Here’s how to do it.
Open the Windows Settings app by clicking the Start menu and selecting Settings, or press the Win+I keyboard shortcut.
When the Setting app opens, click the Personalization button on the left.
On the right, select the Taskbar tile to expand it.
Expand the Taskbar behavior tile on the Personalization > Taskbar settings pane, and toggle the "Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps" On or Off.
Closing the Settings app concludes this method.
Turn on or off hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps using the Windows Registry Editor
The Windows Registry editor provides an alternative method to configure hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps.
Open the Windows Registry and navigate to the folder key path below.
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Locate the two REG_DWORD values named "JumplistOnHover" in the right pane of the Advanced key, then open them.
Enter 1 for both to turn on the hover cards for inactive and pinned apps on the taskbar.
Enter 0 to turn it off.
If the 'JumplistOnHover' value is missing, right-click an empty space and create a new DWORD (32-bit) registry item.
Enter 1 or 0 to enable or disable the feature.
Save changes and restart the computer.
That completes the process.
Conclusion:
- Enabling or disabling hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps in Windows 11 can be easily achieved through the Windows Settings app or the Windows Registry Editor.
- The new feature in Windows 11 build 22635.4000 (Beta) provides quicker access to jump lists by allowing users to hover over an app on the taskbar simply.
- Users can personalize their taskbar behavior by toggling the "Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps" setting according to their preferences.
- For advanced users, the Windows Registry Editor provides an alternative method to control the display of hover cards with specific REG_DWORD values.
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