Windows 7 - Pop-up Descriptions - Enable or Disable

**Brink**

How to Enable or Disable Windows 7 Pop-up Descriptions

Information

This will show you how to enable or disable Windows 7 pop-up descriptions that display file information when you hover the mouse pointer over files, folders, or drives, on the desktop and in Windows Explorer. By default, pop-up descriptions is enabled in Windows 7.

Note

This does not affect pop-up descriptions for items on the taskbar like the Start Menu button and notification area icons, or the pop up when you are scrolling using the vertical scroll bar in Windows Explorer.

EXAMPLE: Pop-up Descriptions

OPTION ONE

Through Folder Options

1. Open Folder Options.

2. Click on the View tab. (See screenshot below)

3. To Disable Pop-up Descriptions
A) Unheck Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items, then click on OK. (See screenshot above)

4. To Enable Pop-up Descriptions
A) Check the Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items, then click on OK. (See screenshot below step 2)

OPTION TWO

Through a Download

1. To Disable Pop-up Descriptions
A) Click on the Download button below to download the
Disable_Pop-Up_Descriptions.zip file below.

B) Go to step 3.

2. To Enable Pop-up Descriptions
A) Click on the Download button below to download the
Enable_Pop-Up_Descriptions.zip file below.

3. Click on Save, and save the .zip file to the desktop.

4. Open the .zip file and extract the .reg file to the desktop.

5. Right click the .reg file (On Desktop) and click on Merge.

6. Click on Run, Yes, Yes, and OK when prompted.

7. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg and .zip files on the desktop if you like.

OPTION THREE

Through the Registry

1. Open the Start Menu, then type regedit in the search line and press enter.

2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

3. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below)
Code:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
4. In the right pane, right click on ShowInfoTip and click on Modify. (See screenshot above)

5. To Enable Pop-up Descriptions
A) Type 1 and click on OK. (See screenshot below)

B) Go to step 7.

6. To Disable Pop-up Descriptions
A) Type 0 (number zero) and click on OK. (See screenshot above)

7. Close regedit.

That's it,
Shawn

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**tom lumsden** · 12-18-2009

Have changed the registry, changed the file view options, all to no avail. Why does windows 7 not recognize the changes made and work properly?

**Brink** · 12-18-2009

Hello Tom,

Could you post a screenshot of this so that we can see exactly what you are seeing and at what location this is at?

**NoN** · 02-22-2010

Hi Brink, again need your skill!

I do want to get rid of the pop ups only in the taskbar and the start menu. When i disable by uncheck "show pop-up description for folder and desktop items in the "folder option", it naturally disable it inside the explorer menu, but i do need pop-up inside explorer to browse the weight/dates of the files.

Is there a trick in to set this correctly? Kind of dword "ShowInfoTipInExplorer" only?

I might try that if it works...

Thanks, Ar.

edit:
Well, disable it doesn't turn off onto the taskbar...but inside explorer even when checked "display info pop up size inside folder"

and adding in the registry doesn't seems working aswell!

**Brink** · 02-22-2010

Hello NoN,

Quote: Originally Posted by -NOTE BOX- at TOP OF TUTORIAL

This does not affect pop-up descriptions for items on the taskbar like the Start Menu button and notification area icons, or the pop up when you are scrolling using the vertical scroll bar in Windows Explorer.

Sorry, but this tutorial will not work for that.

I have not found a way to do this yet.

**NoN** · 02-23-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello NoN,

Quote: Originally Posted by -NOTE BOX- at TOP OF TUTORIAL

This does not affect pop-up descriptions for items on the taskbar like the Start Menu button and notification area icons, or the pop up when you are scrolling using the vertical scroll bar in Windows Explorer.

Sorry, but this tutorial will not work for that.

I have not found a way to do this yet.

I saw that...

The two exemple pictures under the "note box" that's what it wanted to have....in explorer.

For the taskar bar, well it not so annoying as on my screen the pop up are not so big...

It was only in the start menu on the right side, where pop up windows are oversized....

Thanks.

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