How to disable the taskbar popups?

[tux]

OK, maybe I am just blind, but how can I disable the popups that come when I hover a taskbar item?

Just wondering.

 

[not so gray matter]

   Warning

Before attempting registry editing, please backup your registry

This should effectively turn them off by disabling balloon tips and raising the mouseover time.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52265-taskbar-thumbnail-previews-enable-disable.html

or

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Advanced

EnableBalloonTips > 0/1 (0 to disable)
ThumbnailLivePreviewHoverTime > Time in MS (I.E. 11111 [11 sec])


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Advanced]
"ThumbnailLivePreviewHoverTime"=dword:11111

 

[tux]

Ah, seems that it solves my problem. Thank you.
(There is no way to disable them only if there is only one window, so they would be pointless anyway?)

 

[not so gray matter]

I don't know, I don't really notice them much, usually right click to close the window before I notice teh popup.

 

[tux]

OK, thanks anyway.

 

[jak]

Alternative solution for Taskbar Hover problem

I gave up fighting with the annoying taskbar "jack-in-the-box" popups, so I threw my taskbar to the top of the screen where my mouse rarely goes anyway. Here's how:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1066-taskbar-move-location-desktop-screen.html

1. right-click the taskbar
2. click "Properties" from the menu
3. from the "Taskbar location on screen" drop-down menu, choose "Top"
4. click "Apply"
5. click "OK"

Now, with the taskbar at the top of the screen, "popups" will only drop downward ("popdowns"). And you have to go out of your way to reach them at the top of the screen.

Yeah, yeah, it looks strange, but I'm liking it better than the frequent, accidental mouse-overs near the bottom of my screen.