Toolbox prevents Taskbar popup Thumbnails...

[Snacko]

I have been having a problem where when I hover my mouse over my taskbar, the thumbnail previews do not show up.  They flash just once, the first time, and then not again until I Restart explorer.exe.  Then again it just flashes the first time until I restart explorer again..

I am still running the new version you sent me that lets me hide/sort tabs.  I also tested with the previous version.  Same thing happens...
And, if I Quit Alomware Toolbox the taskbar thumbnails come back and it's fixed.

I am not sure when this started.  I thought it was in the last 2 weeks, but I've had your previous version for longer than that.

So, I'm wondering if there is a setting that I turned on that causes this?  I searched for 'Taskbar', 'mouse', thumbnail, in the settings and turned off any that were on.  That didn't help..

I'll attach my settings file.  Do know of any setting or function that might be causing this?

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; AlomWare Toolbox Settings File (AlomWare.com).
; Warning: Do NOT edit this file manually! Doing
; so will corrupt the data and make it unusable.
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[Paul (Lead Developer)]

Hi, it seems to work here with the latest Win 11 version, but I've emailed you with a potential fix. Please let me know here for closure of this report. Thanks.

[GCRedditor136]

I have no problem with the thumbnails showing on Windows 11 taskbar.

[Paul (Lead Developer)]

Snacko, how's this going with the new v7.0.0.1 release? I can't see any thumbnail issue with various apps that show video (media players).

[Snacko]

You had fixed this since my last post above.  But I think it's back.

I think we moved to Emails after that post.  So here's what I think happened...

Since I have my Win 11 Stardock Start!! Taskbar at the top of my screen, the Thumbnails appear 'below' the taskbar.  Normally the taskbar is at the bottom, so they appear above the taskbar.  Start11 handles this fine...

But now the Toolbox is doing it again..  It is causing the Thumbnails to appear above the Start11 Taskbar, which is Off-Screen.  And just like before, if I Exit the Toolbox, the Thumbnails work fine, and appear below the Taskbar..

Can you fix this again?

Thanks,
Andy

[Snacko]

Never mind, it started to work again.  Maybe it was a glitch from after I installed v7 today..

[Paul (Lead Developer)]

I'm glad it works now. But please note: I can't make Toolbox be compatible with third-party apps, sorry. It'd be a never-ending issue with every third-party update, which I don't want to undertake (nor have the time to devote research and testing with).

[Snacko]

I understand the 3rd party apps are out of your control.

You had fixed this earlier, but now it's appears to only do it the first time it's started.  If I close it and reopen it again, it works from then on.  

Can you look at the code that fixed it and see if something changed, or if your startup conflicts with it?

[Paul (Lead Developer)]

Just sent you an email with the old code back in (although that code isn't needed on three Win 11 PCs here). Let me know if it fixes your issue.

[Paul (Lead Developer)]

Snacko, are you still having the issue with the latest version?