How to Enable/Disable ToolTips in Windows
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Windows Tool tips are small information boxes that appear when we place the cursor on any icon or shorcuts on the desktop. This can be enabled or disabled from the registry. I consider this is a great simple feature but if you choose to enable or disable then try the following tweak in registry.
1. Click Start – Run , type REGEDIT and press enter. This will open the Windows Registry Editor.
2. Now, navigate through to
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\Microsoft
\Windows
\CurrentVersion
\Explorer
\Advanced
3. Look for the DWORD “ShowInfoTip“, right-click and select Modify and change the value data as required
1 – Enable ToolTips (Default)
0 – Disable ToolTips
This should enable or disable Tool Tips in Windows.
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this is does not work for me! what do I do now?
Hi, I am wondering if the instructions above will remove all the tool tip balloons. I’m very annoyed by the one that pops up over the search box. It covers the box and blinks off and on and I can’t see what I’m typing. The balloons on the task bar don’t bother me too much but that one on the search box to the right of the address bar is too frustrating. Any way to get rid of just that one? Thanks!
Same for me too. Didnt work!
Have changed the registry, still getting this incredibly annoying little “tips.” Any other suggestions?
This didn’t work for me immediately, but tool tips were gone upon restart. At least in windows, they’re still appearing in the task bar and elsewhere. Still a big improvement.
is there a parameter to set the speed for the tooltips? i find that they take a lot to appear
is there a parameter to set the speed for the tooltips? i find that they take a lot to appear
Comment by sox on March 3, 2010 @ 11:48 pm
I’m with Sox on this one, think they’re great for folder info but oh so slow.