Comment for program do not display on mouse over in the Start Menu

[ManOnTheMoon]

Good Afternoon,

The Windows 7 documents says Windows 7 does this:
"If you're ever unsure what a program does, move the pointer over its icon or name. A box appears that often contains a description of the program. For example, pointing to Calculator displays this message: "Performs basic arithmetic tasks with an on-screen calculator." This trick works for items in the right pane of the Start menu, too."


This does not work on my computer. Does anyone have any idea why this does not work on my computer? Does this work on anyone's computer?

Kind Regards,
Peter

 

[Brink]

Hello Peter, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Double check to make sure that you have pop-up descriptions enabled.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11836-pop-up-descriptions-enable-disable.html

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

 

[NoN]

Welcome to Sevenforums,

Check in the Folder Options - Open if pop-up description is enable (checked box).

And if in the System Properties Visual Effects Settings - Changeif Balloon Tips is checked.

 

[NoN]

Hello Peter, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Double check to make sure that you have pop-up descriptions enabled.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11836-pop-up-descriptions-enable-disable.html

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

We triggered at the same time!!

 

[ManOnTheMoon]

Thanks so much for your replies.

This is a great help!

1)Double check to make sure that you have pop-up descriptions enabled

I checked this in my folder options and it is enabled.

2) And if in the System Properties Visual Effects Settings - Changeif Balloon Tips is checked.

Balloon Tips is not listed in the Visual Effects Settings... could it be somewhere else?

The comment still does not show up on Start Menu mouse over...

Thanks again!
Peter

 

[Brink]

In that case, double check to see if doing step 2 in OPTION ONE below may help if the pop-up delay timing got changed somehow.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1884-mouse-hover-time-change.html

 

[NoN]

Thanks so much for your replies.

This is a great help!

1)Double check to make sure that you have pop-up descriptions enabled

I checked this in my folder options and it is enabled.

2) And if in the System Properties Visual Effects Settings - Changeif Balloon Tips is checked.

Balloon Tips is not listed in the Visual Effects Settings... could it be somewhere else?

The comment still does not show up on Start Menu mouse over...

Thanks again!
Peter

Could be named ToolTips...sorry have another language version of Windows 7.

 

[ManOnTheMoon]

-Brink suggested:
-In that case, double check to see if doing step 2 in OPTION ONE below may help if the pop-up delay
-timing got changed somehow.
-Mouse Hover Time - Change

This didn't work.


-NoN replied:
-Could be named ToolTips...sorry have another language version of Windows 7.

That is checking in my preferences.


Here's a bit more information: When I hover over the 'Start' button, the word 'Start' shows up in a little bubble. However, when I open the Start Menu and hover over any of the items, the little bubbles as described in the documentation don't show up.

Thanks again for all your help!
Peter

 

[Brink]

Peter,

If this just started to happen recently, then you may be able to do a system restore using a restore point dated before this started to hopefully undo and fix it.

 

[Callender]

Something to check

Try this:

Start > Run then type

regedit

Press Enter

Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

If you see NoSMBallonTip in the right pane with a value set to 1 - double click and change it to 0

Reboot and test. If no change undo the above!

 

[ManOnTheMoon]

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions. I have tried this feature on four different Windows 7 64-bit machines and none of the machines had this feature.

I think that it is either a bug in Windows 7 64-bit or all four computers I tested are broken (which I seriously doubt!). Or, maybe the Windows documents are incorrect?

In any case, this feature simply does not work...

 

[lehnerus2000]

I have W7 Ultimate SP1 (64 bit) installed.

On my PC, the tooltips sometimes refuse to appear.
What normally fixes it for me, is to click on any other file and then hover the mouse pointer over the file I'm interested in.

It's like Windows is confused about which open window is actually the active one.
Then again, maybe I'm the one who is confused.