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Change Windows Alt-Tab to 'Classic Icons'

When working remote the Task Switcher (Alt-Tab) shows full-screen all open windows which is heavy on remote desktop connections. The classic icons is not at all.

Simple script downloaded which changes the registry and restarts the explorer (== desktop app)

@echo off

:: Created by: Shawn Brink
:: Created on: January 7, 2022
:: Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/use-classic-icons-or-thumbnails-on-alt-tab-in-windows-11.3840/


REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /V AltTabSettings /T REG_DWORD /D 1 /F

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe