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August 31
Make Vista’s ALT+TAB Thumbnails Bigger
by  Jeff AtwoodNo presence information  on 8/31/2007 1:11 PM

I love Vista's new ALT+TAB behavior, which is very close to the excellent TaskSwitchXP utility I used under Windows XP.

However, the default size of the Vista ALT+TAB live thumbnails is far too small on larger monitors.

But it is possible to increase the size of the Vista ALT+TAB live thumbnails -- at least to the width of your primary monitor -- via a small registry edit.

The necessary changes are below. Save this to a text file, rename it with a ".reg" extension, then double-click it to add the changes to your registry. If you don't like it, delete the /AltTab registry key and you'll get the old ALT+TAB behavior back.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AltTab]
"OverlayIconPx"=dword:00000023
"OverlayIconDXPx"=dword:00000000
"OverlayIconDYPx"=dword:00000000
"ThumbSpacingXPx"=dword:00000004
"ThumbSpacingYPx"=dword:00000004
"SideMarginPx"=dword:00000004
"BottomMarginPx"=dword:0000000a
"MinThumbSizePcent"=dword:00000064
"MinWidthPx"=dword:0000012c
"TopMarginPx"=dword:00000020
"MaxThumbSizePx"=dword:000000dc
"MaxIconSizePx"=dword:0000015e
"TextBottomPx"=dword:000001f4

   

I've also tightened up the borders and margins a bit, to make room for larger thumbnails. However, before importing this into your registry you must edit the MaxThumbSizePx to a size that works on your monitor first! The current value, above, is DC hex or 220 decimal, which works on my 1600 x 1200 primary monitor. The maximum row size is 7, so each row is 7 x 220 = 1540, right under the 1600 width.

I would prefer fewer thumbnails per row, for even larger and easier to see screenshot thumbnails in my ALT+TAB, but I can't find any way to change that, unfortunately.

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works fine!

thank you!

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Infinate Solution: Microsoft Wireless 5000 mouse

I thought this "solution" presented itself odd...then it dawned on me, I stumbled across this recently and was able to recreate it again.  If I hold down the Ctrl key and use the middle scroll whell on the mouse, the the thumbnails change incrementally in size.  Although this may not set the default value, it a sinfully simple solution to try.

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