Right click on the taskbar, click Properties.Ģ. Check “Use Peek to preview the desktop when you move your mouse to the Show desktop button at the end of the taskbar”. However, there is no peeking to desktop on hovering. Click in the empty space next to the clock in the taskbar still takes you to desktop when few windows are open. The rightmost button on taskbar used to give you peek of desktop. How To Enable Aero Effects on Windows 8 1. Windows 8 leaves Aero Shake and Aero Snap enabled, rest of them can be enabled. Lets go ahead and talk about how to get all the Aero effects back on Windows 8 Desktop. However, Windows 8 did leave ways to enable all of them, and regain the lost love. When Windows 8 was announced, it was time to jump to a Modern UI (formerly Metro UI) but it later became evident that it would not support Aero effects which we loved.
