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make windows 7 alt tab work like xp

Windows 7 alt tab sure looks cool.  But I prefer the XP view which showed 7 plain icons per row and up to 3 rows.

Is there any way to retrieve that?
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To get the default behavior back, set the same key to 0 or delete it and reboot.
You can get the XP Alt-Tab temporarily by holding Left-Alt, tap Right-Alt, Tab. You have to hold Left-Alt the whole time.
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That worked great.  To return to screen peeks, I just deleted key, but I also had to log off and back on for it to return to normal.

I am new to windows 7, and I love some stuff and hate other stuff.  I think I will stick with windows classic theme at least until all my file transfers are done. I discovered that windows classic theme has alt tab set set to icons only for alt tab.
Hey, the right alt key tip is REALLY REALLY good.    Too bad it is not a toggle, where a second right alt turned Areo Peek back on.  But, I still like the Windows Classic view pretty much.  It seems to keep most of the new features of Windows  that I love, and drop the new features that I hate.

Maybe in a few weeks I will feel more adverturous, but my guess is that I'll end up using your AltTabSettings for the rest of my life