The name of a registry entry?

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Windows 8 Accessibility has a setting for switching windows by simply
hovering the mouse pointer over an inactive window.

That's nice, but... What is the registry entry for setting the time
interval to wait before switching to an inactive window after the
pointer is hovering over it? It's a bit too quick and I need to slow
it down.

I knew what that setting was in Windows XP, but I seem to have
misplaced it. Searching isn't easy, thanks to the word "hover"
applying to various things.
 
John Doe said:
Windows 8 Accessibility has a setting for switching windows by simply
hovering the mouse pointer over an inactive window.
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That's nice, but... What is the registry entry for setting the time
interval to wait before switching to an inactive window after the
pointer is hovering over it? It's a bit too quick and I need to slow
it down.
Click to expand...
I knew what that setting was in Windows XP, but I seem to have
misplaced it. Searching isn't easy, thanks to the word "hover"
applying to various things.
Click to expand...

SevenForums has a posting identifying the value you're asking about as

Key: HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop
Value: ActiveWndTrkTimeout
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: hover time in msec. Enabling the option whie watching the Registry
with Process Monitor, the default seems to be 500 (decimal)

No, I've not tested this on Win7.

Joe
 
Joe Morris said:
SevenForums has a posting identifying the value you're asking about as

Key: HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop
Value: ActiveWndTrkTimeout
Click to expand...

Thanks. That is correct, either that or ActiveWndTrackTimeout.
And it requires re-logging to make the change.
 
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