Fix: Aero Peek not working in Windows 7

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If you find that the Aero Peek feature is not working in your Windows 7 even after you have enabled it through the Control Panel, or through the Taskbar & Start Menu Properties box, it is quite possible that you may have tweaked your visual settings, as a result of which your Aero Peek too may have got inadvertently disabled.

aeropeeknotworking Fix: Aero Peek not working in Windows 7

Aero Peek not working

Perhaps this may help you:

Open Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools > Adjust Visual Effects.

Ensure that the Enable Aero Peek box is checked.

Also ensure that:

- Enable desktop composition &
- Use visual styles on windows and buttons

is checked. Clicked Apply > OK.

Better still, select Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer and click Apply/OK.

It should help!

But iff it doesn’t help maybe your Desktop Manager Session Manager Service has been disabled and the Desktop Window Manager too disabled.

In such a case you may want to see this post on How to troubleshoot & Fix Aero issues in Windows 7.

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  • pezza

    Hi,

    I just wanted to share that i had issues with the Aero suddenly stopping working.

    For me, i eventually noticed that the colour had been dropped on my display settings to 16 bit. After changing this back to maximum 32 bit, all started working again.

    Hope this helps others?

    Thanks

    Andrew

  • http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ Windows Club

    Appreciate the inputs…thanks :)

  • user

    Hi, thanks for posting this. In my case, everything was as it should have been (aero peek enabled), but it was still not working. I just toggled the setting off and then back on and it started working again. Windows was just stuck.

  • AznKd66

    Umm well i did this but for some reason there is no enable aero peek box .___. btw i have Windows 7 ultimate…

  • http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ Windows Club

    Pls use the Aero troubleshooter and see if it helps:
    http://www.thewindowsclub.com/troubleshoot-fix-aero-issues-in-windows-7

  • Andrew

    It may seem stupid but check that ur computer is running at 32 bit color. I recently found out that was my problem and a few others.

  • Ajisafe Taiye

    Thank you very much,now with your help, my aero peek is back in action.

  • Josh

    Looked all over the net and that was never posted. Thank god i decided to read the first comment, fixed my problem instantly. Your comment is a year old but idc, I love you Pezza. Come to find out I had to change it to 32 bit on my secondary monitor also, i had it on 32 on my main, but not on my second.

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