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i have lost my little screens when i place cursor on page name at the bottom task bar

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I think it is called the task bar. At the very bottom of screen. It always showed a small screen of my unopen pages when i place my cursor on them but for some reason it has stopped doing this

I think it is called the task bar. At the very bottom of screen. It always showed a small screen of my unopen pages when i place my cursor on them but for some reason it has stopped doing this

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By default in Firefox 3.6 taskbar previews are disabled, you can enable them by changing a hidden preference.

  1. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Locate the preferene browser.taskbar.previews.enable, if it is not set to true, double-click on it to change its value.
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Hello, if you have more than 10 tabs open, windows shows icons instead if thumbnails.

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Gekose oplossing

By default in Firefox 3.6 taskbar previews are disabled, you can enable them by changing a hidden preference.

  1. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Locate the preferene browser.taskbar.previews.enable, if it is not set to true, double-click on it to change its value.
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Hi Tony, thank you for replying. I did as you said but it didn't work. It was on false and is now on true!!!! But still no little screen. I tried closing all pages to restart them and that didn't work either :(

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Hi Nozomi, No, I never have more than 2 or 3 pages open at a time. Thanks for replying :)

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---The problem is, you are asking FF users about a Windows issue. Your Taskbar, that is there when FF isn't even open, is a Windows program. It is broken into sections. If you lost the icons in your Taskbar, next to the clock, then there is a hardware issue most likely. Search google for "lost taskbar icons" and "your version of windows OS" and you'll have a better chance of fixing it. If XP, then look here for the most extensive work done on fixing windows XP's know issues. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

---If you are new to Windows XP/7/Vista, then you have just been slapped by the eye candy that makes so many people giddy over the worthless OS we have grown to rely on. Icons in taskbar hide for you when you aren't using them.

Control Panel | Taskbar and Start Menu | Taskbar (tab) and remove tic from "Hide inactive icons" or click on the two arrows that are to the left of what icons on your taskbar are still viewable.


---Unless... referring to the toolbar that is above the Taskbar (the bottommost "bar" on your screen which is viewable at all times), you are saying that when you put your "pointer" over a "hyperlink" and the "Status Bar" tells you what URL is scripted into that hyperlink... or what server, cookie, etc. you are waiting on after* you click said hyperlink, what you need to do is go up to the top "toolbar" and left click on "View", then left click on "Status Bar" and the status bar should pop back up for you.

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Wow, thanks for all this info AKA3Toes. After doing what Tony said, I finally tried rebooting my comp.... AND IT WORKED!!!!! Woohooooo!!! Thanks for all your responses, it's greatly appreciated :))

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I typed in about:config and got to my list of preferences BUT I don't have a preference called browser.taskbar.previews.enable

What do I do now?