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Questions tagged [task-view]

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How to completely disable the Task View feature in Windows 10?

I want to disable Task View in Windows 10 completely. Is this possible? Note: I know the button in the taskbar can be hidden by right-clicking it and unchecking “Show Task View button”. That’s not what I’m asking. For example, when resizing and…
Mathias Bynens
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Can I remove Windows 10 Timeline's nudge to "see more days in timeline"

For users who haven't signed in with a Microsoft account and given Microsoft access to their computer activity, the Windows 10 task view contains a message right below the currently open applications: Naturally, because this is Windows 10, there's…
Empiromancer
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Turn off Windows 10 Task View sliding animation

I actually use the new task view tool provided in Windows 10 and I was wondering if there is a way to disable the sliding animation between different desktops. I find this kind of annoying and it seems to take a second each time for the animation to…
Tom
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Jump between open windows on multiple monitors in Task View on Windows 10 with keyboard

I'm using two monitors with Windows 10 and I have a few windows open on each monitor. When I open the Task View (Win + Tab) I can only navigate between the main monitor's windows with keyboard (using arrow keys or the Tab key). I see the other…
thesdev
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Windows 10 Disable Win + Tab Task View Window Animation

So you can turn off the "sliding" animation when switching between Virtual desktops when unchecking "Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing" in the Performance Options; this prevents you from seeing any animations when you switch between…
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Windows 10 disable Win + Tab Task View shortcut

I need to use the ⊞ Win+Tab ↹ shortcut for something else in another program (Reaper). Is there some way to disable the ⊞ Win+Tab ↹ key combination from bringing up Task View without disabling the key functionality? I tried using the following…
MikMak
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How to move Open Desktops row to the bottom in Windows Task View

After receiving the Windows 10 April update, Windows now displays the row of open desktops at the top of "Task View" (Win + Tab) instead of the bottom as before the update. I know this is to accommodate the new Timeline feature (which I've…
techSultan
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Windows 10 second screen shared across all virtual desktops

I was wondering if it was at all possible to share the second screen across all virtual desktops instead of it switching along with the first screen to the new virtual desktop. This feature is in ubuntu's gnome-shell and I really enjoyed the feature…
John
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How do you get the old task view back?

When Microsoft introduced timeline in Windows 10 version 1803 they rewrote task view. It was a very sloppy job and they evidently haven't ever opened it themselves. I could go on and on about it. Disabling timeline doesn't bring back the old task…
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What is the mouse shortcut for Windows 10 Task View on Parallels?

I use Windows 10 in Parallels on a MacBook Pro. A couple of times per day, I accidentally go into Task View while moving my mouse. I can't seem to figure out what mouse gesture I'm doing to trigger this.
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Task View causes "sticky" Win key

For some reason whenever I pull up Task View using a touchpad gesture (4 finger swipe down - I have a Samsung laptop with Elantech software), it causes the Win key to become sticky (i.e. simply typing 'R' on my keyboard will open up the Run dialog).…
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How to load startup programs on different Task Views?

On Windows 10 if you right click on your taskbar and tick Show Task View button it enables Task Views icon on bottom left, next to Start button. With that you can arrange your open programs to show in different task view, by default there's three of…
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Individual desktop backgrounds in Task View

I am looking for a way to introduce per-task view desktop background in Windows 10. I have tried changing the background when viewing the individual task views, however, it seems to be that the background is changed globally. Is there any setting /…
petr
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Trying to get rid of annoying Task View gesture on a bluetooth touchpad

I'm trying to get rid of built in gestures on a cheap KKMOON Bluetooth keyboard/touchpad. The touchpad is tiny so I accidently do windows gestures all the time. I managed to get rid of all the gestures except one. Swiping left to right opens up…
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Explorer crashes on TaskView

Since a few days my explorer crashes and restarts everytime I open the TaskView (Win + Tab). Anytime else the system is stable. It shows the same behavior when using the task bar button right next to the windows-button. Eventlog tracks all these…
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