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Enable Thumbnail Previews for Opera in Windows 7 Taskbar

Last updated on July 3, 2010 By Venkat

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Recently released Opera 10.60 came up thumbnail previews for Windows 7 taskbar disabled by default,  displaying thumbnail previews for applications on taskbar is being one of the popular features offered in Windows 7 ,why do you want thumbnail previews to be disabled you can  enable them easily in Opera.

Also read How to disable Geolocation in Opera 10.60

We can enable Opera thumbnail previews on Windows 7  taskbar in 2  ways.

1. Open Opera 10.60

  • From Tools menu click Preferences click Advanced tab
  • Select Tabs tab on the left , click “Additional Tab options “ button
  • check or select Use Windows 7 taskbar thumbnails click Ok two times to save changes.

enable windows 7 taskbar thumbnails

2.Another way we can enable them is through Preferences editor by typing “about:config” in Opera‘s address box and press enter.

  • Now Scroll down until you find User Prefs , click User Prefs to expand options
  • again scroll down until you see Use Windows 7 taskbar Thumbnails under User Prefs, select or tick mark the check box and click “Save” button to enable Opera thumbnails previews in Windows 7 taskbar.

use windows 7 taskbar thumbnails

You  can use first method being lot simple.You  can disable thumbnail previews for Windows 7 taskbar easily by following above method if you want.

Filed Under: Opera, tips and tricks Tagged With: enable, Opera thumbnail previews, Window 7, Windows 7 Taskbar

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  1. chris says

    July 7, 2010 at 10:49 pm

    don’t forget to shut down and reopen Opera to make the changes work!

  2. Al says

    July 9, 2018 at 3:38 pm

    Unfortunately this opera:config setting has been disabled

    • Venkat says

      July 9, 2018 at 5:35 pm

      Are you using OperaPresto?

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