1- Click on the View tab and then select Preview pane On your computer or laptop screen, we have the Start menu where the taskbar is located. Method 1 : To Show or Hide Preview Pane from File Explorer Ribbon. All you need to do is enable the preview pane in the File Explorer. In fact, not just Word, notepad, excel files you can see the preview of PDF's, PowerPoint Templates, images or even video clips. Click a thumbail to make it the active window A preview of each open window appears above the taskbar. Switch Between Windows from the Taskbar Hover over the Excel icon in the taskbar. When you open the Registry Editor, there are many folders, so it can be difficult to find a folder.
Then type and click OK to open the registry editor.
You need to open the Registry Editor, press the Windows key + R to open the launch window shown above. I would like to bring back an option to show each tab as a diffrent preview in the taskbar not just every window. I have Excel 2007, Word 2007 and Internet Explorer 8 pined to the taskbar, and unlike Word 2007 or Internet Explorer 8 when I have multiple documents open Excel will not display any of my spread sheet thumbnails that are open when I place the mouse over the Excel icon.