ALT+TAB behavior in Windows 7

by Mitch Tulloch [Published on 1 Oct. 2015 / Last Updated on 1 Oct. 2015]

A tip about how Windows 7 hides windows when you ALT+TAB between them.

Are you annoyed by how Windows 7 hides windows when you ALT+TAB between them? You could use Windows Logo key+TAB instead, but if you want to return ALT+TAB to the old behavior used by previous versions of Windows, create a DWORD value named AltTabSettings under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and assign it the value of 1.

The above tip was previously published in an issue of WServerNews, a weekly newsletter from TechGenix that focuses on the administration, management and security of the Windows Server platform in particular and cloud solutions in general. Subscribe to WServerNews today by going to http://www.wservernews.com/subscribe.htm and join almost 100,000 other IT professionals around the world who read our newsletter!

Mitch Tulloch is an eleven-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award and a widely recognized expert on Windows Server and cloud computing technologies.  Mitch is also Senior Editor of WServerNews. For more information about him see http://www.mtit.com.

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Mitch Tulloch is a well-known expert on Windows Server administration and cloud computing technologies. He has published over a thousand articles on information technology topics and has written, contributed to or been series editor for over 50 books.

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