Re: Tool Tips

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Hi Henry,

How to remove pop-up descriptions (tool tips) from desktop icons:
Open My Computer
Click Tools - Folder Options - View tab, and uncheck this option:
"Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items"

Taskbar Pop-up descriptions (or tool tips) for open programs can not be
removed, however they can be changed.
To change pop-up descriptions (or tool tips) for icons on the Quick
Launch toolbar:
Right click on each icon in the Quick Launch toolbar and select
properties.
Look at comments on the shortcut tab and change or delete the text.
On the General tab, the text in the box at the top can be changed, but
not deleted.

The font size, font color, and background color can also be changed.
To change the font size of pop-up descriptions (or tool tips) for
Taskbar Icons:
Right click on the Desktop and select properties.
Click the Appearance tab - Advanced Button.
Select Tooltips from the Items dropdown box and adjust the font size and
background color.

How to remove Balloon Tips:
The balloon tips can be disabled using Tweakui. Install Tweakui and go
to
Task - Start menu, then uncheck "Enable balloon tips".

Tweakui for WinXP: Ver. 2.10 requires WinXP SP1 and later
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/downloads/powertoys.asp

With NO Service Packs installed, the earlier version can be found here:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

TweakUI can be accessed from Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org



Henry wrote:
Tool tips annoy me. They get in the way. Is there a way to turn them
off in all applications and windows?


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