Display of Information When Cursor or Mouse is on File or Shortcut

[RexxSysProg]

How can I turn off the "white box" display of information about a file or shortcut when the cursor or mouse is on it? The display box covers the name and things around it. I would like to have that turned off and then display it on an individual basis when I want that information. Is there a way to do this? Or if it cannot be controlled on an individual basis, to just turn it off globally?

XP 5.1 SP2

 

[linney]

See if there is anything in this first thread, it is a lengthy post so just concentrate on the Explorer references, unless you want all the IE suggestions too.

disable tooltips
thread779-865099

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thread779-1215931

 

[BadBigBen]

copy the following, and paste it into NOTEPAD, then save it out as BALLOON.REG (make sure that you change the DATATYPE to ALL FILES from the 'TEXTDATA (*.txt)' prompt)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips]
"Show"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

Ben

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