Alt+Tab replacement for Windows 7?

I've used Switcher before, and it works pretty well. Requires Aero and is more of a replacement for Flip3D than the traditional Alt+Tab. Does keyboard context searching, too.


Another candidate is VistaSwitcher, from the same person that created TaskSwitchXP.

Internally, the trick seems to be that you have to use a low-level keyboard hook to listen for Alt+Tab, instead of registering it as a hotkey (since you won't be able to do so on Win7).


I've recently came across a lightweight and minimalistic Switcheroo on GitHub, the latest development of it, as done by Regin Larsen, and immediately switched to it as the Alt+Tab replacement.

Switcheroo Screenshot

As seen in the screenshot above taken from its page on GitHub, the tasks are listed in a simple format by title and the executable starting the task.

Tab navgiates and enter switches, Ctrl+W closes the window.


The switching is mapped to Alt+Space by default but can be changed in settings,

more specifically in the XML configuration file located inside its installation folder,

that is in %programfiles% (%programfiles(x86)% if you're on 64-bit edition of Windows)`

inside switcheroo.exe.config file by setting AltTabHook's value to True as shown below:

<setting name="AltTabHook" serializeAs="String">
<value>True</value>
</setting>

It's the most efficient replacement I've ever tried, and am very happy to get rid of Window's default Task Switcher Application use it.

Added screenshots to aid with locating:

Inside the folder

Inside the XML file