pesky explanatory text boxes

[pooski]

A silly little question...

Is there a way to eliminate the explanatory text boxes that appear next to
the cursor arrow when you stop on a filename, button, etc? This is on XP
professional.

thanks!

Mike

 

[Kelly]

Hi Mike,

How To: Turn off the Balloon Tooltips and Pop-ups

Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View/Advanced/Uncheck Popup
Descriptions for Folder and Desktop Items.

TweakUI/Taskbar/Uncheck Enable Balloon Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Or use this automated edit:

Disable Balloon Tips or Disable All (Row 11)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable All includes: Balloon Tips, Folder Contents Info Tips, Explorer
Pop-Ups, Show Info Tips, Start Menu and Notification Area.

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Alex Nichol]

Is there a way to eliminate the explanatory text boxes that appear next to
the cursor arrow when you stop on a filename, button, etc? This is on XP
professional.

Folder Options - View, uncheck 'Show popup descriptions....'