New Windows 26H2 Taskbar Thumbnails Animations (How to Enable)

In this article, we will talk about How to Enable a New Windows 11 26H2 Feature that adds New Animations to the Taskbar.

In the latest Windows 11 Build for the Experimental Channel (Old Dev Channel) which is the Build 26300.8758, Microsoft is testing some New Taskbar Animations. In this article, I will show you how to enable it.

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Download ViveTool from Github

You will need to download ViveTool, which is a small app that will help us enable hidden features from Windows.

After you download ViveTool, you will need to extract the contents of the archive into a folder of your choice.

Right-click on the archive and then click on Extract all. Select Your Folder and then click on Extract. You will also need to provide some administrative privileges.

After you’ve done that, you will need to open CMD as administrator. Type the following command in CMD:

cd "your-location"

Then copy and paste the following commands:

New Taskbar Thumbnails Animations:

vivetool /enable /id:60511437

You will now need to restart your computer, for the changes to take effect.

After the restart, you should be able to see the New Taskbar Animations on your Windows 11 26H2 PC.

For a more in-depth tutorial, you can watch the video below from the youtube channel.