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How to disable task view

Anonymous
2020-09-05T03:32:04+00:00

I am running windows 10 education because I can get a product key through work.  This being said, my work Microsoft account is not linked to my device and I am the sole owner and user of my device.  The task view feature drives me insane.  I find the clustering of windows chaotic and upsetting.  I found a guide saying you can adjust the behavior of this and also alt-tab, which is also not helpful in its current form, under Settings->System->Multitasking.  This is shown in the image below:

However when I open this none of the options the guide mentions are there, and there is a warning in yellow saying that "Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization".  I am often using 20+ windows on my computer and I find both alt-tab and task view (win key-tab) too disorganized and noisy to be of any use.  I used to run Gnome on Linux, and that had a nice configuration agent that made it's version of task view less overwhelming and grouped windows by application on it's alt-tab view.  

I am sorry this is so verbose, I am just increasingly stressed out and overwhelmed by the features of these keys and no matter what I try nothing seems to affect their behavior, or give me the option to.

I have tried:

Following this guide  (did absolutely nothing)

Installing Microsoft Keyboard & Mouse Center (is not compatible with they keyboard and mouse built into my laptop)

Changing the behavior of the views through settings (option is not available, as shown above)

How do I fix this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-20T20:54:04+00:00

    I notice that the Task View button is on your taskbar.

    Right click on a blank space on the taskbar and clear the check before "Show Task View button.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-20T20:40:31+00:00

    I do not have a Hide Task View or anything of the sort on my taskbar. If I leave my office, I can come back and task view has taken over and it is a huge pain in the **** to have it there. Good feature or not, there is no reason on the face of this earth that it should self freakin activate and then not be able to be stopped. 

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-05T03:53:48+00:00

    I have, and I can remove the taskbar button, but not configure any other settings

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-05T03:49:05+00:00

    Hi Corey. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator, here to help you.

    There is no need to disable. Just right click the Task Bar and uncheck Show Task View, and it will go away and not bother you again.

    Task View is not really customizable without regedit. The only guide I've found to customize Task View is here:

    https://www.askvg.com/windows-10-tip-registry-t...

    The Admin warnings are more concerning. It seems whenever you sign in through work or school it imposes the school or company Group Policy on your personal PC until you disconnect from the account in Settings > Accounts > Access Work and School > highlight account to Disconnect.

    But it should not affect your personal sign account so you can sign into it or the built-in hidden Administrator account (used only for emergencies) to get around the Group Policy restrictions - although I would not allow them on my PC.

    Built-in Administrator access: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2969-enable...

    https://www.isumsoft.com/it/enable-hidden-admin...

    I hope this helps.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-05T03:48:30+00:00

    Have you right clicked on the taskbar and UN-clicked Show Task View button?  And maybe other things there.

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