View Taskbar Thumbnails Using the Keyboard on Windows 7

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Hi. You're watching VisiHow and this is a tutorial on how to view taskbar thumbnails with the keyboard on Windows 7 computers. Let's say, for example, we can't hover the mouse over open programs, or we don't have a mouse at all. There is a certain button combination on Windows 7 that allows us to view the taskbar thumbnails.

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   To do this, we have to press and hold the "Start" menu button on the keyboard and then press "T"

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   The preview of the first program will be shown

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   If we want to navigate our view to other programs, we have to use the arrow keys

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   For example, if we want to look at the preview of the "Camtasia Studio", we have to click the right arrow several times.

   

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   Once we reach the "Camtasia Studio", the preview will automatically open

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   This is very useful because, in a similar fashion, we can open the unopened programs, for example, the "GOM Player".

   

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   We're going to left click several times until the cursor is above the "GOM Player", and then press "Enter"

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   Now, the "GOM Player" window has opened

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   This concludes a tutorial on how to view taskbar thumbnails with the keyboard on Windows 7 computers

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