Disable Opera tab previews in Windows 7 taskbar

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operaBy default, Opera browser shows tab previews or thumbnails in taskbar on Windows 7. This feature is although useful but can be annoying, if you have lot many tabs opened in Opera. Below is an easy way to disable it.

Turn off Opera tab previews shown in Windows 7 taskbar:

Open Opera, type opera:config in address bar and open it. Navigate to User Prefs > expand it and search for ‘Use Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnails’. Uncheck its box and Save.

Disable Opera tab previews

You may need to restart Opera for letting changes to take effect. Now you will see only a single preview of the active tab running in Opera.

Also See: How to Disable IE8 tab previews in Windows 7 taskbar

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Mayur Agarwal is the founder and editor-in-chief of WebTrickz. As a Technology enthusiast and an Internet addict, he loves sharing useful How To’s and Tips & Tricks. Follow him @mayurjango on Twitter.

6 Responses

  1. andrew says:
    March 27, 2010 at 10:49 am

    Ah, thank you, worked great. I hate the “tabs as taskbar items” thing. It kind of defeats the purpose of tabs…why not just open a new window at that point?

    Reply
  2. Anonym says:
    April 14, 2010 at 4:00 am

    God Bless you, that thing was driving me mad U.U

    Reply
  3. shane says:
    April 18, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    Ah, thanks for this! I wonder why they would put that in in the first place…

    Reply
  4. edison^23 says:
    May 26, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    really..thanks.. ^__^ using opera:config didnt somehow came to my mind..

    Reply
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