This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing jump lists when you hover your mouse cursor over inactive and pinned taskbar apps for your account in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.4000 (Beta), Microsoft is beginning to try out showing jump lists when you hover your mouse cursor over apps on the taskbar that have jump lists and are inactive (not opened).
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.4010 (Beta), Insiders in the Beta Channel who have the experience where we show jump lists when you hover your mouse cursor over apps on the taskbar that have jump lists that began rolling out with Build 22635.4000, there is a setting to turn this off should you want to via Settings > Personalization > Taskbar under “Taskbar behaviors”.
Jump Lists are available when you right click on an app on the taskbar or Start Menu that supports having a jump list.
Jump Lists are lists of app specific tasks or items you can quickly open or get to for every day usage. Jump Lists can include pinned items, recent items, frequent items, tasks, and/or websites recently opened in the app.
Items pinned to an app's jump list will appear at the top of the jump list for quick access.
Contents
- Option One: Enable or Disable Open Jump Lists on Hover over Inactive and Pinned Taskbar Apps in Settings
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Open Jump Lists on Hover over Inactive and Pinned Taskbar Apps using REG file
- Option Three: Enable or Disable Open Jump Lists on Hover over Inactive and Pinned Taskbar Apps in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: Open jump lists by hovering pointer over inactive and pinned taskbar app
Enable or Disable Open Jump Lists on Hover over Inactive and Pinned Taskbar Apps in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Taskbar on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Taskbar behaviors on the right side to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4)
4 Check (enable - default) or Uncheck (disable) Show hover cards for inactive and pinned taskbar apps for what you want on the right side.
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
Enable or Disable Open Jump Lists on Hover over Inactive and Pinned Taskbar Apps using REG file
This option will not work when Administrator protection is turned on.
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.
2 Enable Open Jump Lists on Hover over Inactive and Pinned Taskbar Apps
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_ON_Open_jump_lists_on_hover_over_inactive_and_pinned_taskbar_apps.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"JumplistOnHover"=dword:000000013 Disable Open Jump Lists on Hover over Inactive and Pinned Taskbar Apps
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_Open_jump_lists_on_hover_over_inactive_and_pinned_taskbar_apps.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"JumplistOnHover"=dword:000000004 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
Enable or Disable Open Jump Lists on Hover over Inactive and Pinned Taskbar Apps in Registry Editor
1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
2 Navigate to the key location below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below step 3)
HKEY_USERS\<SID>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Substitute <SID> in the key path above with the actual SID for the account you want to apply this to.
For example:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2498639629-3946114050-4100787084-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3 In the right pane of the Advanced key, double click/tap on the JumplistOnHover DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below)
4 Enter 0 (disable) or 1 (enable - default) for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Registry Editor if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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