I was lent a Win 10 laptop to try. I went to change the ALT-TAB to use "classic icons" using the instructions I have to do that in Win7 (first attachment). But when I try to add a field in Win 10 registry, it doesn't let me select what the field is (second attachment). What do I have to do differently in Win 10 to accomplish this?
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For tweaks that that a great place to try is Winaero's free tweaker- with full explanation.
Here's what it offers for Alt Tab:
Many of the tweaks are found in tenforums tutorials too - in the huge searchable Tutorial section - do have a look.
Here's what I found for you:
Set ALT+TAB to Use Classic Icons or Thumbnails in Windows
It looks to me like you do not have the necessary permission to add anything to that Registry Key, not that you had one selected at the time of the screenshot. Registry Keys have permissions just like folders & files do.
Change Permissions - TenForumsTutorials
Change Owner of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key - TenForumsTutorials
For what you want to do, you can use the procedure in this tutorial
Set Alt+Tab to Use Classic Icons or Thumbnails - TenForumsTutorials
[same link as dalchina's]
Denis
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Last edited by Try3; 15 May 2023 at 08:14.
Start regedit, expand the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" key, left-click "Explorer" in the left window to highlight it, then right-click a blank spot in the right window and create the appropriate data.
Ben
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