Advanced users usually switch between open windows using the keyboard shortcut ALT + TAB which is fast but has the disadvantage that only an icon is displayed which makes it impossible to distinguish between windows of the same type. Microsoft created a fre program called Alt Tab Replacement which is part of the Microsoft Powertoys which displays additional information about all tabs that are open.
The left image displays the way the Alt Tab Replacement handles this process. A small window pops up whenever you press ALT + TAB that displays the information that are shown in the left image.
A preview image of the current active tab will be displayed if it has not been minimized in the taskbar. Switching through the open windows displays a screenshot of the current window that would be opened.
If the window has been minimized only the information in the taskbar are displayed. Programs that reside in the system tray are not shown at all. But those are not shown as well with the original way of handling things.
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I Like TaskSwitchXP Pro 2.0 alot better than M$ Alt Tab Replacement. I think it has more features, and does a better job. Just my 2 Cent.
TaskSwitchXP provides the same functionality as the existing application switching mechanism in Windows
XP today. In addition to displaying an icon list, however, the application will also show a thumbnail
preview of the window that will be switched to.
The main advantages of your program is that it can be used with different localized versions of Windows XP while the Microsoft Powertoys one only works on US-Windows XP versions.
The effect however seems to be the same.
wew..i hate this function, since i can switch between excel to excel file
i mean can not :”>