Task bar with autohide covers system tray popup messages

[Judyabr in Georgia]

I use auto hide for my task bar (one line high) at the bottom of the screen.
When I raise the task bar and then mouse-over icons in the system tray,
their ballow message is hidden behind the task bar/tray. Is there any way to
make Windows realize the ballons have to be higher?

 

[MAP]

This is an ongoing problem with XP as far as I know their is no fix
except for a reboot.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

<quote from earlier thread by 'Computer Guru'>
NeoSmart Technologies has created a (free) fix for the infamous bug,
present in all versions of Windows from XP downward, where tooltips
appear below/behind the taskbar making it impossible to read what they
say and requiring you to reboot or log off to reset them to their
default behavior.

ToolTipFixer is a free patch that addresses this issue, ensuring that
tooltips that show up when you hover over an icon in the tray appear
_above_ the taskbar, putting an end to this pesky bug.

ToolTipFixer is 100% free (and no spyware/malware/etc. either).

This is a documented bug in Windows, here's the link to the
Knowledgebase article on the topic (marked as no solutions available):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912650

---Links---
Download: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=10
Documentation: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/TTF/

Hope you find this to be useful!

-CG
NeoSmart Technologies
<end quote>
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Mark L. Ferguson

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[Mark L. Ferguson]

NeoSmart Technologies has created a (free) fix for the infamous bug,
present in all versions of Windows from XP downward, where tooltips
appear below/behind the taskbar making it impossible to read what they
say and requiring you to reboot or log off to reset them to their
default behavior.

ToolTipFixer is a free patch that addresses this issue, ensuring that
tooltips that show up when you hover over an icon in the tray appear
_above_ the taskbar, putting an end to this pesky bug.

ToolTipFixer is 100% free (and no spyware/malware/etc. either).

This is a documented bug in Windows, here's the link to the
Knowledgebase article on the topic (marked as no solutions available):
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912650

---Links---
Download: http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=10
Documentation: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/TTF/

Hope you find this to be useful!

-CG
NeoSmart Technologies

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[MAP]

Hi Mark.
Thanks for that link, ? have you tried this patch for yourself?

 

[smlunatick]

I have tried to install the Tooltipfixer but it comes up with "The
application failed to initialise" during install. It completes though
and says it is installed but it doesn`t work. Pity.

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I'm using it on a few of my PCs. This is not a standard application
but a Windows "service."