Comments on: How to Disable Aero Peek in Windows 7?

By: Ze

Ze — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:28:55 +0000

Thanks. For once it worked!!

By: Mes

Mes — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:17:07 +0000

Karl, I have the same problem! Have you figured out how to fix it?

I’ve successfully disabled the aeropeek in the taskbar as long as I am in the administrator account, but I can’t disable it for the other user accounts… since to disable it I have to be logged on as administrator!… any advice how to get around that would be appreciated!!
When I go as another user into "System" etc, to disable it, a pop-up appears asking me to first enter the administrator password. When I do, it tells me aeropeek is already disabled, but it’s actually only disabled for the administrator account, and the user account I’m in still has aeropeek going strong. If I disable it via the start button and properties, it doesn’t disable for the taskbar in any accounts, just in the RHS corner!
Any help appreciated, I hate this function!!

By: VG

VG — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:34:38 +0000

^^ Are you using Windows Aero theme? Do you get glass effect in Explorer window? If yes, try to re-run Windows Experience Index using System Properties.

By: JK

JK — Wed, 04 May 2011 08:12:58 +0000

I enjoyed Areo Peek but then it stopped working. When I checked the Performance settings as described on this web page, I found that Enable Areo Peek is NOT in the list. It does show as disabled in the Taskbar properties window so it definitively was installed. Anyone any idea what happened and how I can restore Areo Peek? PS. I have Windows 7 Professional.

By: Andie

Andie — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:12:06 +0000

Thank you! I finally got rid of those damned floating preview thingies.. and i agree audrey - aeropuke works for me, lol

By: audrey

audrey — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:18:09 +0000

Thanks everyone for the above comments. Aeropeek should be called aeropuke! What a tiring useless piece of crap to have to wrestle with when your using your entire screen for work. I also disabled both options of aeropeek but was not able to remove the stupid thing. Have used the above example of what's ticked in performance options to get rid of the rotten thing. Thanks agin everyone.

By: Thomz

Thomz — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:05:16 +0000

just uncheck "Enable Desktop Composition" and aero peek should be disabled.

By: Chris Coombes

Chris Coombes — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:30:52 +0000

Does anyone know how to disable the Close X in the top right of the Aero Peek window?
We have managed to disable the Close X in a Command Prompt for an application we use but the Aero Peek window allows you to click on the Close X and end tasks the program which is not good. This is the reason we disabled the Close X in a Command Prompt in the first place to prevent this from happening. Any ideas would be grately appreciated.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:20:36 +0000

Hi - aero peek is grayed out 'enabled' and will not disable using any methods above - this stupid useless gadget - can anyone please figure this out - do i have to go hunting for DLL's to rename or unregister??? if so - what?

By: Aleoss

Aleoss — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:08:50 +0000

I found that neither cases worked, but it was with the "Enable Desktop Composition" disabled that finally removed the preview screen for tasks that you have your mouse hovered over.