How to enable or disable “Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps” in Windows 11
You can enable or disable “Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps” in Windows 11 to control whether taskbar app previews appear on hover.
This setting determines if hovering over a pinned or inactive app icon on your taskbar automatically displays a preview card, offering quick access to jump lists and recent files. Disabling it reverts to the traditional right-click method for accessing these options.
This convenience feature, designed to speed up app navigation, was introduced in Windows 11 builds starting around 22635.4000.
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\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced and set the JumplistOnHover value to 1 to enable or 0 to disable.
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