Re: Is there a way to disable the mini-mode (toolbar) pop-up

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From: Chris (cal2002a_at_hotmail.NOSPAM.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:28:37 -0600

It really can't be done. 

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"heady20" <heady20@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:EBC6AA84-0CD6-4B49-804F-AE47DBF8001C@microsoft.com...
>i have searched the world over trying to figure out how to disable this 
>popup
> window in the mini player. it annoys me to death.  if anyone figure out 
> how
> please email me and let me know.
>
> ryan
>
> "theSpeak" wrote:
>
>> I'll happily provide a specific example of why the pop-up is annoying.  I
>> listen to music while relaxing to on-line games and each time the pop-up
>> displays a new song it slowly, irritatingly, and (at times) fatally 
>> creeps
>> into the full screen mode of my on-line game.  This has crashed my games, 
>> or
>> more commonly resulted in my character getting blown to bits.  I know 
>> that
>> this isn't as practical as the work example provided, but it annoys me so
>> much that I've spent the past 45 minutes trying to figure out how to 
>> disable
>> the *@%!:) thing!  This is my first time in this forum.  Thanks to those 
>> of
>> you who contribute info for the rest of us!  You are greatly appreciated. 
>> At
>> least now I know that I can quit trying to figure out how to disable the
>> pop-up thingy!!!  I hope the cry is heard by the time WMP11 rolls around!
>> Other than this annoying tidbit, the mini-mode is awesome!
>>
>> ":::[5150]:::" wrote:
>>
>> > I'm with Biff & Jason. However, saying annoying is subjective. Perhaps 
>> > the
>> > engineers need something objective and measurable to chew on. Such as, 
>> > I
>> > work all day on graphics and an enormous amount of text, while 
>> > listening to
>> > MP. Every time the track changes, I must wait for it to go away, so I 
>> > can
>> > continue my work. That is counterproductive and contrary to the whole 
>> > point
>> > of computing. I shouldn't have to slow down my work to accommodate 
>> > this.
>> >
>> >

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