how to get rid of this extremely aggravating popup?

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  1. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Ultimate
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    how to get rid of this extremely aggravating popup?


    I can't seem to find out who is responsible for this EXTREMELY annoying popup. Every time I go to click on a hyperlink, this box pops up with the website, and 4-5 more lines of gibberish, that doesn't help me at all.
    It says "click to follow link", and at least half of the time, it blocks almost all of the hyperlink, so that I have to move the cursor to find a place to click. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium with IE 11 and Outlook 2007. I don't know if it is Google, Outlook, Win 7, or IE 11.

    Thanks for any help,

    Barry

    P.S. Microsoft help, et al, give tips on how to work with CTRL+click, but this is not my problem.
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  2. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #2

    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
    Tool tips or live previews of items,
    Hit the Office logo on the top left,
    Word Options on the bottom
    Popular and all of the preview stuff is on the top section Uncheck all.

    Oops,
    Nope Display show tool tips
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  3. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks for the input ThrashZone, but alas, that doesn't work. I tried to take a screenshot of it, but you can't. As soon as you hit the ALT key it disappears. I can't believe that I am the only person that has ever had this problem.

    Thanks again,

    Barry
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  4. Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #4

    Is this what you are trying to do?

    How to use hyperlink without Ctrl + Click in Outlook?
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  5. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #5

    how to get rid of this extremely aggravating popup?


    Can anyone please tell me how to get rid of this extremely aggravating popup?

    I wrote to you a year and a half ago, and the following was the reply.
    .
    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
    Tool tips or live previews of items,
    Hit the Office logo on the top left,
    Word Options on the bottom
    Popular and all of the preview stuff is on the top section Uncheck all.

    Oops,
    Nope Display show tool tips


    This did not work, as well as all the internet "Gurus" replies didn't either

    I have no "show tool tips" option in my Word Options as you can see with the second picture.

    Please help.

    Thanks,

    Barry
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails how to get rid of this extremely aggravating popup?-click-follow-link.png   how to get rid of this extremely aggravating popup?-popular-options.png  
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  6. Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
       #6

    Barry, for us that didn't see the year and a half ago post, could you please explain what is the problem you facing?
    I understood that is a link to follow.
    Where does the link appear? On a Word document? What is the version of the MS Office you have?
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  7. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Hi Megahertz07,

    Thanks for the quick reply. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium, and Office 2007, and this only happens in Outlook 2007
    e-mail. In the first picture I sent, you can see the popup that appears when I hover over any hyperlink to click on. Sometimes the popup covers the top line of the link, so I have to move the cursor down, and sometimes this popup makes the cursor highlight a letter in blue, like I'm trying to copy it, so I have to move the cursor somewhere else. This is extremely aggravating. I believe it is some setting in Outlook that is turned on, but I have yet to find it.

    Thanks for any suggestions,

    Barry
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  8. Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
       #8

    Some emails has hyperlinks on the middle of the text.
    Those links can be to open a page on the browser but they can be a link to malicious software.
    For security reasons, Outlook shows the full address of the link when you pass the mouse over it.
    As it is a MS Office program I will ask the administrator to move this thread to Office where you going to find people more qualified to solve your problem.
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  9. Posts : 9,746
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit sp1
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  10. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I believe the 3rd link could be the one I need. "disable hyperlinks warning", but
    I have Office 2007, and none of the programs has the "File" option at the top.
    I can't find the "disable warning" anywhere.This must be a feature of Office 2013/2016.

    Thanks sincerely,

    Barry
    Last edited by alientrader1; 03 Oct 2017 at 10:08. Reason: Left out something
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