Changing Pop Up descriptions

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Hi,

All of a sudden, I have no idea what I did, the pop up descriptions seem to
have changed, most notably when I hover over Mp3 files. The pop up used to
show
File name, Album Title, Year, Bitrate and Size and now it shows Type,
Author, Title, Date Modified and Size. It has also changed on Word, Excel and
Mpeg Files but I can't remeber exactly what information it used to show as a
description. Does anyone know how I can change it back, as the information
was more useful then what it shows now.

Thanks for any help
 
Hi,

All of a sudden, I have no idea what I did, the pop up descriptions seem to
have changed, most notably when I hover over Mp3 files. The pop up used to
show
File name, Album Title, Year, Bitrate and Size and now it shows Type,
Author, Title, Date Modified and Size. It has also changed on Word, Excel and
Mpeg Files but I can't remeber exactly what information it used to show as a
description. Does anyone know how I can change it back, as the information
was more useful then what it shows now.

Thanks for any help
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Make sure that the Indexing service had not been disabled.
Double-click "My Computer", right-click the C:\ drive, "Properties", "General" tab, click
the "Advanced" button, and check the box, "... allow Indexing Service...", OK, Apply", OK
 
Open Windows Explorer.
Select View - then Choose Detail.
Check and uncheck the options you want. Experiment.
 
Copy & paste the following (between the lines) into Notepad, save as .reg file, then merge the reg
file.

--------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*]
"InfoTip"="prop:Type;DocAuthor;DocTitle;DocSubject;DocComments;Write;Size"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio]
"InfoTip"="prop:Artist;Album;Year;Track;Duration;Type;Bitrate;Size"
 
Click Start, Run and type this command:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,

All of a sudden, I have no idea what I did, the pop up descriptions seem to
have changed, most notably when I hover over Mp3 files. The pop up used to
show
File name, Album Title, Year, Bitrate and Size and now it shows Type,
Author, Title, Date Modified and Size. It has also changed on Word, Excel
and
Mpeg Files but I can't remeber exactly what information it used to show as a
description. Does anyone know how I can change it back, as the information
was more useful then what it shows now.

Thanks for any help
 
Hi All,

Thanks for all your help. I tried what TaurArian suggested but it had no
effect. I tried what Keith Miller MVP suggested but again no effect. Finally
I tried what Ramaesh, MS-MVP suggested and success the problem was fixed.
Thank you all so much.

Could I just ask how it would have changed in the first place as I don't
think I did much to cause it to change. And to Keith Miller MVP should I undo
what you suggested as it had no effect, or won't is matter if I leave it. If
I do need to undo it how do I do it, just delete the saved .reg file or do I
have to 'un-merge' it?

Cheers
 
Glad that helped. BTW, Keith's fix usually resolves this problem, and there
is no need to Undo that fix.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi All,

Thanks for all your help. I tried what TaurArian suggested but it had no
effect. I tried what Keith Miller MVP suggested but again no effect. Finally
I tried what Ramaesh, MS-MVP suggested and success the problem was fixed.
Thank you all so much.

Could I just ask how it would have changed in the first place as I don't
think I did much to cause it to change. And to Keith Miller MVP should I
undo
what you suggested as it had no effect, or won't is matter if I leave it. If
I do need to undo it how do I do it, just delete the saved .reg file or do I
have to 'un-merge' it?

Cheers
 
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